Hungary does not support the integration of Ukraine as long as Hungarian schools in Transcarpathia are in danger

Under no circumstances will Hungary be able to support Ukraine's transatlantic and European integration as long as Hungarian schools in Transcarpathia are in danger, Péter Szijjártó wrote on his official social media page on Friday evening after a meeting with Ilze Brands Kheris, UN Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights.

In his Facebook post, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade recalled:

while we accept children and students who have fled Ukraine in 1,300 schools and kindergartens in Hungary, at the same time 99 Hungarian primary and secondary schools in Ukraine are in danger of being closed due to the Ukrainian education law.

He added that since 2015, a number of laws have been enacted in Ukraine that have step by step violated and reduced minority rights related to the use of the mother tongue.

"For the past eight years, we have continuously received promises from the Ukrainian authorities that they will solve this problem, but in reality they have not done anything"

- wrote Péter Szijjártó.

"I made it clear to Ilze Brands Kheris, UN Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights, that under no circumstances will Hungary be able to support Ukraine's transatlantic and European integration as long as Hungarian schools in Transcarpathia are in danger," the post reads.

(MTI)

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