The foreign minister said that Hungary could not support Ukraine’s Transatlantic and European integration as long as ethnic Hungarian schools were “at risk” in the country.
Gergely Gulyás said that “each Hungarian bears responsibility for each and every Hungarian regardless of where they live in the world”.
The foreign minister said the Hungarian government was upholding its position on the matter.
Kinga Gál said in a statement that the EC “did not take the initiative seriously, even though it is risking its own credibility and the trust of citizens.”
Deutsch called the agreement reached at this week’s EU summit in Brussels a “joint European achievement”.
The foreign minister said Hungary actively protects the rights of its ethnic kin beyond the borders.
The Venice Commission called on Ukraine to scrap passages of its law concerning the use of ethnic minority languages that discriminate between Ukrainian and minority languages.
Bence Rétvári called on UNESCO and its member states to make greater efforts to protect the rights of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia in the areas of education and culture.
“Hungary is striving to improve bilateral relations and steer it back towards an atmosphere of mutual respect and positive dynamics,” the Foreign Ministry said.
President Áder suggested that the two countries should set up a bilateral commission to sort out all contentious issues in a “relaxed atmosphere”
Fidesz MP István Bajkai and Zoltán Lomnici, head of the Human Dignity Council civil group, said the Romanian supreme court’s rejection of the appeals of two ethnic Hungarians sentenced to prison for an attempted bomb attack in 2015 is “unacceptable”
MP Zsolt Németh said Ukraine’s language bill gave cause for concern and it would restrict the use of minority languages to private life
Minister Szijjártó said that the government would soon start negotiations concerning the future role of 77 Hungarian troops that have recently returned from the United Nations’ Cyprus mission