Ukrainian and Hungarian foreign ministers meet at NATO HQ – photos
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has announced that he met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Brussels on Friday 4 April.
Source: Szijjártó on Facebook, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The meeting took place at NATO headquarters, where a two-day gathering of foreign ministers from NATO member states is underway.
Quote from Szijjártó: "Another meeting with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. As before, now and in the future, we will continue to stand up for the interests of Hungarians in Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukraine)."
Details: Sybiha noted that the meeting with Szijjártó focused on "ways to resolve issues in our bilateral relations".
He added that Ukraine is interested in finding solutions rather than obstacles.
Sybiha and Szijjártó agreed to hold the next round of relevant consultations between the Ukrainian and Hungarian teams next week.
"As two neighbours, both of our nations deserve to have reliable peace, security, and development," Sybiha added.
Background:
- On 3 April, Szijjártó publicly invited his Ukrainian counterpart to a meeting in Brussels and accused him of cancelling previous negotiations that were supposedly scheduled for the previous week.
- Sybiha publicly agreed to the meeting but gently pointed out that the Hungarian minister had been untruthful about their prior arrangements.
- European Pravda sources confirmed that no meeting had been agreed for the previous week, and therefore it could not have been "cancelled", as claimed by the Hungarian minister.
- It is worth noting that Szijjártó visited Moscow last week for the 13th time since the start of the full-scale war while continuing to refuse visits to Kyiv.
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