Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is ready to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week. The Prime Minister announced this on Tuesday in Berlin after a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. With reference to the 24.hu server, the correspondent of TASR in Budapest informs about it.
- Péter Magyar announces his willingness to meet with Zelensky at the beginning of next week.
- Technical negotiations between Kyiv and Budapest on the rights of the Hungarian minority are underway.
- Magyar insists on the right of the Hungarian minority to use their native language in schools.
- The Hungarian Prime Minister promises that Hungary will be an honest and reliable partner of Europe.
- Friedrich Merz calls for unity against the Russian threat and support for Ukraine’s accession negotiations.
Talks between Kyiv and Budapest on the issue of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine are currently taking place at a technical level, Magyar said. “So far these negotiations are going very well and we hope to conclude them on a technical level this week. I am ready to meet with the President of Ukraine sometime early next week if we can agree on these basic human rights.” added the Hungarian Prime Minister.
Magyar emphasized that it is nothing more than the fact that anyone from the minority can use their native language, for example, in kindergarten. He pointed out that if someone wants to join the EU, he must guarantee these rights. He himself is an optimist and declared on behalf of the government that Budapest is ready to open a new chapter in Hungarian-Ukrainian relations.
The German chancellor assured the new Hungarian prime minister of his full support in leading his country “back to the center of Europe”reminded DPA. Magyar declared that Hungary will be an “honest and reliable partner” in Europe. At the same time he added that “of course we won’t always agree, but we won’t veto anything just out of principle. I believe in negotiations,” the DPA agency quoted the head of the Hungarian government.
At the same time, Merz pointed to the Russian threat for NATO and the European Union, which represents fundamental challenges for the continentand therefore it is important that the member countries stick together. According to him, it would be very helpful if Hungary also followed this path.
The Federal Chancellor further noted that he is aware that the issue of the EU’s attitude towards Ukraine is more difficult for Budapest due to the Hungarian minority, but he emphasized that this cannot happen at the expense of the Union’s support for Ukraine and should not deter it from officially starting accession negotiations with Kyiv.
