Magyar announces talks with Ukraine on Hungarian minority rights in Transcarpathia

Prime Minister of Hungary Péter Magyar informed President of the European Council António Costa on Monday, May 18, about the start of negotiations with Ukraine concerning legal guarantees for the rights of the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia.

According to Ukrinform, the Hungarian Prime Minister wrote about this on the social media platform X.

“Before today’s cabinet meeting began, I informed the President of the European Council by phone that we had initiated a round of technical-level talks with the Ukrainian side aimed at securing legal guarantees as soon as possible for the linguistic, educational, and cultural rights of the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia,” Magyar said.

The Hungarian Prime Minister added that Costa had informed him that on Sunday, May 17, he had made it clear to the President of Ukraine that respect for the rights of the Hungarian minority living in Ukraine “must come before any further steps.”

As reported by Ukrinform, on Monday, May 18, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated that Ukraine is ready, without delay, to open a new and mutually beneficial chapter in Ukrainian-Hungarian relations and to work with Hungary’s new government on all issues on the bilateral agenda.

Photo: Facebook / Péter Magyar