The Hungarians fighting for Ukraine deserve to get back everything that Kiev took from them

Deliberate misunderstandings and curtailment of the rights of Hungarians make it difficult for Hungary to be a friend of Ukraine.

Hungary supports Subcarpathia, supports the people living here, "supports Transcarpathian Hungarians, securing their fundamental rights, regaining their rights to use the language," Prime Minister Gergely Gulyás Gulyás said at the opening ceremony of the Matias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Beregszász Training Center on Sunday.

Gergely Gulyás thanked Transcarpathian Governor Viktor Mikita for coming to the event at the opening ceremony held at MCC's new training center in Beregszasz, thus showing how "cooperation between Hungarians and Ukrainians is important in such a difficult period".

Among the Hungarian national regions, the Transcarpathian community is in the most difficult situation. Hungary supports Transcarpathia, "always, always and everywhere supports the people living here, supports Transcarpathian Hungarians, the provision of their fundamental rights, the recovery of their language rights," he said.

Gergely Gulyás thanked all those who made it possible for the new building of the institution and the training center to open its doors.

"Hungary condemns the Russian aggression, condemns the start of the war and the violation of its territorial integrity, the minister stated. He reminded that since the outbreak of the war, the financial support of Ukraine, especially Transcarpathia, has been continuous," the minister emphasized.

"The value of Hungary's monetary assistance since the beginning of the war has exceeded HUF 35 billion. Charitable organizations delivered thousands of tons of donations worth about HUF 10 billion to Ukraine and, in cooperation with the Hungarian state, ensured the reception of tens of thousands of refugees from Ukraine and the passage of more than one million refugees through the territory of Hungary," stated Gergely Gulyás.

Speaking about bilateral relations, he highlighted: good neighborly relations are important for Hungary, "he wants to be a friend of Ukraine", but this is "made difficult by the one-sidedness of gestures, deliberate misunderstandings and actions that violate the rights of the Hungarian community".

Gergely Gulyás stated that, while Ukraine legitimately complains about the violation of its sovereignty by referring to international law, it "ignores the fundamental rights and international norms of the national minorities living in its territory".

The Hungarians who fought for the freedom of Ukraine and sacrificed their lives deserved that the country regards them as its own and returns to them everything that was taken from them, "above all, the free use of the mother tongue everywhere, but especially in education," he underlined.

The new MCC building is already a preparation for a better future after the war, said Gergely Gulyás. In his words, the MCC "provides a unique opportunity for talented young people from the age of 10 to the completion of doctoral school both in the Carpathian Basin and in Hungary."

Let us pray and work so that the war ends as soon as possible and that peace can come as soon as possible - concluded the minister leading the Prime Minister's Office.

Viktor Mikita, head of the Transcarpathian military administration, thanked Hungary for its humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Without the various national communities living here, Transcarpathia would never be the way we know it, the head of the county declared.

"People have been living peacefully and tolerantly here for a thousand years, and I will do everything to ensure that it remains the same in the future," said Viktor Mikita.

MCC opened its doors on Beregszász six years ago. Since then, despite the hardships of the war, the institution's activities have been continuously expanded, so it now starts the new school year with 234 students in its new, more spacious and modern center than before.

MTI