Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – January 14, 2021 – Local News
The Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Hungary, Dmytro Kuleba and Peter Siyyarto, agreed to negotiate amid strained relations.
According to Kuleba, the visit of the Hungarian official to Kyiv has already been agreed and is expected by the end of this month.
“Hungary is an important partner and close neighbor for us. Neighbors sometimes quarrel, but then have to put up with it, because they remain neighbors. Therefore, we agreed that at the end of January my colleague Siyyarto will visit Kyiv to discuss the situation in bilateral relations and ways to solve problems based on the principle of mutual respect, “Kuleba said.
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According to media reports, it is a personal visit to Siyarto to find a way out of the crisis in the relationship.
It should be noted that at the beginning of the year, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva announced preparations for President Zelensky’s meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
“In our relations with Hungary, we strive for mutual trust and support, so we will look for ways to build a constructive dialogue on sensitive issues. We are preparing for a meeting of leaders of both countries. It should end with the conclusion of a new document – a kind of mutually beneficial road map of our relations, “Zhovkva said at the time.
In recent months, the already tense relations between Hungary and Ukraine have only deteriorated. In October 2020, during a visit to Transcarpathia, the Hungarian Secretary of State for National Policy agitated locals to vote for the Hungarian Party . On the day of the local elections in Ukraine, the Hungarian Foreign Minister also campaigned. Ukraine called it a direct intervention and handed the ambassador a note of protest.
And a little later – on November 21, during the oath, the deputies of the Syurtivska OTG performed the national anthem of Hungary – at the initiative of the head of the OTG. The Hungarian embassy said the deputies sang a “prayer . ” The Foreign Ministry summoned the Hungarian ambassador.
In late November, in the Zakarpattia region, the SBU conducted searches of a representative of one of the local charitable foundations due to possible interference in the domestic political situation in the country in favor of Hungary. The Hungarian Foreign Ministry responded to the searches and summoned the Ukrainian ambassador, while the Hungarian ruling Fidesz party called the searches a “civil war”.
Hungary’s ruling party calls searches in Transcarpathia a “civil war”.
On December 7, the full Hungarian Party of Ukraine left the first session of the new Transcarpathian Regional Council in protest.
