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Hungary's Magyar Proposes Zelensky Meeting in Berehove Over Minority Rights
Magyar said the talks would seek restored language and education rights for roughly 150,000 ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine.
- On Tuesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar proposed meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berehove for early June to address minority rights and "open a new chapter in bilateral relations."
- Magyar's initiative follows his April 12 election victory, which ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years; Orban's government frequently clashed with Kyiv over curbs on rights of roughly 150,000 ethnic Hungarians.
- After consulting with Zoltan Babjak, Berehove's mayor, Magyar aims to restore linguistic, cultural, and administrative rights in Transcarpathia. His goal is helping ethnic Hungarians "remain in their homeland" as equal Ukrainian citizens.
- Kyiv reacted with cautious optimism to the election result, as Zelensky congratulated Magyar on his victory and indicated readiness for "meetings and joint constructive work."
- Magyar, who takes office May 9, called recent Ukrainian educational concessions "a step forward, but not sufficient." Resolving minority issues would "certainly open a new chapter in Ukrainian-Hungarian bilateral relations," he said.
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The future Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced on Tuesday that he had proposed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to meet him at the beginning of June, in order to "open a new chapter in bilateral relations" and to settle a dispute over the rights of the Hungarian minority living in the western part of the country. ...
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