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Unexpected turn: this is the start of a new friendship between Hungary, Ukraine?
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is “ready to grant Ukraine’s Hungarians the rights ethnic Ukrainians enjoy in Hungary,” President Novák said in an interview to portal Index published on Monday.
During a recent visit to Kyiv, Novak urged “meaningful steps” concerning the rights of Transcarpathia Hungarians, she said in her interview. Novak said this had been the first time for her to talk longer in a one on one meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart, who had thanked her for Hungary’s help and the perseverance of Transcarpathian Hungarians.
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At the talks, Novak said it was in the two countries’ mutual interest that the ethnic Hungarian community is granted full minority rights. “We do not need high-sounding phrases . ethnic Ukrainians in Hungary enjoy a wide range of (minority) rights and that is very well,” Novak said, and quoted Zelensky as reassuring her that Ukraine was ready to grant the same rights to ethnic Hungarians. She added that her talks with Zelensky were “honest and open”.
Concerning the war in Ukraine, Novak urged peace talks, saying that she saw no military solution that could ensure peace in the long run. He added that Zelensky’s “peace initiative” was supported by over 40 countries. “Since I find it important that Hungary should be a participant in any movement that brings peace closer, I indicated our readiness to join the negotiations, which the Ukrainian president welcomed,” Novak said.
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It would be a quite positive development to achieve better Hungarian-Ukrainian relations. On the subject of the “Western Balkans” and this really is the question of Serbia and the Serb controlled part of Bosnia called Republica Srpska any push to join the EU cannot proceed without dealing with the same issues that Hungary is facing. That is rule of law, and an alignment of foreign policy with the EU. Serbia suffers from corruption, media glorification of mafia leaders, persecution of LGBTQ minorities, and long-standing Russophile behaviour. If Hungary is Putin’s “Trojan Horse” into the EU and NATO inviting Serbia in could easily be “Trojan Horse 2.0”. Naturally Fidesz would like to invite Serbia in to have another state to promote its’ agenda that runs counter to the other 90% of the EU. The state that needs to be admitted into the EU and NATO asap is Moldova which is most at risk from Russian aggression. Breakaway Transnistria unfortunately will have to left out as it is presently under Russian occupation. The Russians have their foot in the door there and that needs to be blocked 100% by having NATO in Moldova before Putin takes it. After that the Baltics and Georgia are at high risk.