Hungary will not prevent Ukraine's entry into the European Union when the time comes, Hungarian Ambassador to Kyiv István Íjgyártó declared in an interview on a program of the Ukrainian television channel Espresso, which was viewed by the Yevropejszka Pravda news portal on Tuesday.
The news portal highlighted that the ambassador said this at the end of the conversation without being asked about it. "Finally, I would like to assure you that when you start reviewing the issues of Ukraine's membership in the European Union,
Hungary will support it," the news portal quoted the ambassador as saying.
Earlier, Ihor Zhovkva, the diplomatic adviser of the Ukrainian president responsible for European integration, told Yevropeyshka Pravda: "Kiev has so far not received any indication from Budapest that
Does Prime Minister Viktor Orbán intend to block Ukraine's EU accession, the news portal reminded.
He added: according to the results of the Flash Eurobarometer survey published last week, more than half of the population in all EU member states except Hungary supports Ukraine joining the EU. On average, 66 percent of the population in the EU believed that Ukraine would join the union if it was ready. In 26 of the 27 member states, this proportion exceeds 50 percent, and Hungary is the only one where only 47 percent share this opinion, the news portal reminded.
Source: mandiner.hu
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