Hungary quite often speculates on the language issue in Ukraine. In particular, they commented on the reforms regarding the rights of national minorities in our country.
Ukraine is taking steps to reform and ensure the rights of national minorities, but all the demands of the Hungarian government have not yet been met. This was stated by the State Secretary of Hungary, Tristan Azbej.
“Still some way to go”
The representative of the Hungarian government reminded that Budapest demands from the leadership of Ukraine the full restoration of the rights of the Hungarian minority. According to Azbej, these rights were violated in 2015.
Note! Until this year, Hungary had rights that guaranteed the free use of the Hungarian language in Ukraine. In addition, the state also had the right to political representation at regional and national levels. Hungary has previously demanded the restoration of these rights.
In recent weeks, we have seen some positive signs, but we still have some way to go before all our demands regarding minority rights are met,” commented the Hungarian State Secretary on reforms in Ukraine.
He added that Budapest demands the restoration of the rights of the Hungarian minority to use the language in education and in everyday social life.
This is not the first time Hungary has manipulated this issue. Earlier, Russia also repeatedly exploited the language issue.
Hungary’s policy towards full-scale war in Ukraine
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has repeatedly demonstrated his pro-Russian views. He also repeatedly spoke about the full-scale war in Ukraine and emphasized that our country should make concessions to Russia.
- In particular, he believes that to end the armed conflict, the “interests of Russia” must be taken into account. Hungary itself blocked the tranche of aid for Ukraine from the European Union. – Viktor Orban also spoke about the need to “postpone” the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s EU membership.
- At the same time, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called Orban not pro-Russian, but “pro-Hungarian.” In response, he took offense.
