Magyar says may meet with Zelensky in Zakarpattia region
Speaking at a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw on Wednesday, Magyar said the formation of the Tisza Party government opens a "new opportunity in relations between Ukraine and Hungary," according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
He said Hungary has already signaled Ukraine and begun working-level consultations focused on the rights of the Hungarian minority, including language and other issues.
"We have already sent a signal to the Ukrainian side and even started working consultations on the rights of the Hungarian minority – language and other issues – so that they also receive everything that others have in the European Union. I hope this series of working talks will be concluded quickly, and, as I proposed, we will likely be able to meet with President Zelensky in Berehove in Zakarpattia, where Hungarians make up a significant part of the population," Magyar said.
He also noted that Hungary would agree to open the first EU accession negotiation cluster ("Fundamentals") once the situation regarding the Hungarian community in Zakarpattia is addressed.
As was reported earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky updated Ukraine's foreign policy tasks for May-June, including efforts to reset relations with Hungary and Georgia and advance EU accession negotiations.
Magyar informed European Council President Antonio Costa in a phone call on May 18 that talks with Ukraine had begun regarding legal guarantees for the Hungarian community in Zakarpattia.
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