Ukraine, Hungary to hold consultations on Hungarian minority
The talks aim to restore trust and address legal guarantees for about 150,000 ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine, officials said.
- On Monday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orban agreed to hold expert-level consultations this week regarding the ethnic Hungarian minority in Ukraine.
- Prime Minister Peter Magyar's new centre-right government rejects the hostility toward Ukraine shown by former leader Viktor Orban, as the previous administration repeatedly clashed with Kyiv over rights of roughly 150,000 ethnic Hungarians.
- Anita Orban stated the first online consultations could begin as early as Tuesday, expressing trust that "dialogue will be constructive and productive" for the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia.
- Both nations aim to restore trust and good-neighbourly relations, moving beyond previous tensions; in April, Magyar proposed a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in western Ukraine to discuss minority rights.
- Despite the shift in government, Hungary opposes fast-track European Union accession for Kyiv, maintaining that treatment of ethnic Hungarians remains central to improving bilateral relations.
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After years of fighting, Kiev and Budapest will hold discussions this week on the rights of the Hungarian ethnic minority in Ukraine, announced Monday the foreign ministers of both countries. The issue has been poisoning relations between the two neighbours for years. The election of a new Prime Minister in Hungary changes the situation.
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