Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is in Budapest for the European Political Community summit, on Thursday paid a visit to the Hungarian-Ukrainian bilingual primary and secondary school in Csepel, in southern Budapest, accompanied by foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar.
Orbán and Zelensky agreed to set up Ukrainian schools in Hungary
Magyar told MTI after the visit that students had given a warm welcome to the Ukrainian president.
The school launched classes in September after Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Zelensky agreed during the summer on Hungary providing education to Ukrainian children in their mother tongue.
Magyar said Ukrainian children staying in Hungary in the several thousands wanted to maintain relations with their culture and mother tongue, and the Budapest school offered just such an opportunity.
He added that Hungary was ready to open additional schools according to demand.
President Zelensky: Ceasefire not a solution
A ceasefire currently would not offer a solution in the Russian-Ukraine war as it would not guarantee the restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence, President Volodymyr Zelensky said after the European Political Community summit in Budapest on Thursday.
Zelensky told a press conference that nobody knew what would follow a ceasefire, which would not automatically spell the end of the war.
“I respect the opinion of those European leaders who urge the quickest possible ceasefire, but current conditions do not allow for it.
We will have to assess with US president-elect Trump how he imagines ending the war quickly….” Zelensky added. In response to a question, Zelensky said the 300 billion dollars-worth of Russian assets frozen under the arrangements of the sanctions against Russia could be used to arm Ukraine and rebuild its industry. “Russian aggression so far has caused 800 billion dollars-worth of destruction,” he added.
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Zelensky should learn from Hungarian treatment of Ukrainian children; it is time for Zelensky to stop oppressing the Hungarian minority in Ukraine.