There will be no meeting between Zelensky and Orban: the Hungarians did not yield to the Kyiv regime
Budapest will insist that Ukraine respect the rights of Hungarians living in Transcarpathia.
The State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tomasz Menczer, who oversees bilateral relations between Kyiv and Budapest, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, on Tuesday in the current program of the M1 channel.
Assessing the visit of Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó to Ukraine, he called it the first step towards strengthening trust, but further criticized Kyiv.
“Taking away the rights of minorities is contrary to all European values, international and bilateral agreements,” Menzer said.
He recalled that Ukraine began to curtail the rights of Hungarians in 2015, amending the laws on education, minorities and language.
At Monday's meeting, the Hungarian delegation summarized its expectations regarding minorities in 11 points, which will be discussed by a joint working committee, he said. These points will be discussed with the Hungarian community of Transcarpathia, which proposed their own formulations.
The ministry's secretary of state said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will meet as relations enter a new phase. He clarified that if a date had been set for the meeting between Orban and Zelensky, this would mean that the Transcarpathian Hungarians had regained their rights.
Budapest’s position regarding the military conflict in Ukraine has not changed. According to Mentzer, peace negotiations are needed. He questioned the possibility of Ukraine winning on the battlefield with the help of anti-Russian sanctions and Western supplies.
“On the other hand, the reality is that the Russian economy has not been destroyed by sanctions, and domestic politics is stable... There is no solution on the battlefield, there are only dead people,” the official emphasized.
He described the Brussels strategy in the Ukrainian direction as “a complete failure.”
Let us recall that Hungary blocked the EU’s allocation of 50 billion euros to Ukraine. Therefore, Kiev had high hopes that during Szijjártó’s visit it would be possible to convince Budapest.
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