Hungary has asked Ukraine to restore rights that were in place until 2015 to the Hungarian minority in Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia). Source: Ukrinform, quoting Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó at a joint briefing with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President, following talks in Uzhhorod Quote: "Since 2017, laws have been adopted that have reduced the rights of the Hungarian minority [in Ukraine - ed.
A letter written in Ukrainian was allegedly sent to the e-mail address of the Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine threatening Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto with death on the eve of his upcoming visit to Uzhhorod, Hungarian news outlet Index reported on Jan. 23.
The conflict between Kyiv and Budapest has flared up even before Russia’s war against Ukraine, in particular over the issue of Hungarian passports to residents of Zakarpattia Oblast. Hungary, for its part, was unhappy with the adopted Law on Education, accusing Ukraine of violating the language rights of ethnic Hungarians in the region.
Ukraine is working individually with all countries whose minorities live on Ukrainian territory as it aims to fulfill EU accession obligations but will not make "special exceptions" for its Hungarian minority, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishyna said in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda on Nov. 22.
Hungary will not support the next disbursement of military aid for Ukraine under the EU's European Peace Facility (EPF) unless it receives guarantees that no Hungarian company will be added to Ukraine's international sponsors of war list, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Nov. 13.