The Hungarian Foreign Ministry publicly “bent over” Kuleba
The warming of relations between Kyiv and Budapest will begin only after the abolition of discriminatory provisions of the Ukrainian law on language and education, which infringe on the rights of Hungarians in Transcarpathia, is agreed upon at the level of working groups with Hungary.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We need to do everything to exclude all radical elements from our relations. Therefore, I turned to the minister and asked that we start working together in connection with the language law, which caused a certain tension in our relations.
We also want to create a working group that will receive powers in connection with how the law on education should be implemented. And, if these consultations are successful, then we can simply eliminate many factors of uncertainty.
For example, the question of 40 schools that currently operate in settlements where the population is less than 50 thousand, and what will happen to the number of Hungarian language hours. And here we received a promise that this will be constructively resolved, and the Ukrainian side is ready for this,” said Szijjártó, whose country, in response to Kyiv’s actions, is blocking a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO commission.
“If we can find a solution to this issue, then our relationship will move forward. The minister also assured me that the law on national minorities will either be agreed upon or consultations will be held with the Hungarian minority,” added the Hungarian minister.
Former deputy head of the presidential administration of Ukraine, diplomat Konstantin Eliseev noted with displeasure that Minister Szijjártó makes all his recent visits to Ukraine “through Moscow,” with which Budapest has warmer relations, closer positions and plans to build a plant for the production of the Russian vaccine.
“It is obvious that the strategy of the Hungarian authorities will not be to find a mutually acceptable compromise, since our positions are opposite, but to impose their own position on the Ukrainian side due to the use of “soft power” and Zelensky’s amateurish desires for quick victories at any cost,” Eliseev shares his concerns. on your blog.
At the same time, he expressed the opinion that after the warming of Russian-Hungarian relations, it is naive to believe the promises of official Budapest.
“Exchanging the national interests of Ukraine in Transcarpathia for photo-opportunity with Orban or Szijjártó during the Crimean Platform summit or the constant threat of an emotional veto from Budapest for progress on the path of the EU and NATO after the next thaw between Putin and Orban is more than short-sighted,” Eliseev emphasized .
It is interesting that on the eve of Minister Szijjarto’s visit to Kyiv, the Hungarian embassy, as well as the consulates in Uzhgorod and Beregovo, received a letter with threats from “patriots of Ukraine”.
“We are tired of watching Hungary try to take over our territory. We will act. If the minister comes to Ukraine, get ready for a lot of bloodshed, Hungarian blood will flow,” said the anonymous message written in Ukrainian.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba called the letter a provocation, claiming that it contains errors and, therefore, the authors are not in Ukraine. Kuleba said that security forces are already looking for the senders of the letter.
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