In just three weeks, we have achieved what Viktor Orbán and his government failed to achieve in ten years.
We have reached a comprehensive agreement with Ukraine on expanding the linguistic, educational, cultural, and political rights of the more than 100,000 members of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia.
The agreement is the result of several weeks of intensive techical-level negotiations between Hungary and Ukraine, in which political and religious organisations representing the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia also participated.
The Ukrainian government has committed to incorporating the agreed measures into its legal system in the near future. As a result, the Hungarian minority will enjoy significantly broader educational, cultural, linguistic, and political rights than before.
These commitments will also be included in Ukraine’s action plan submitted to the European Union.
If this happens, the Hungarian government will support the opening of Ukraine’s first accession cluster.
Hungary continues to oppose accelerated EU accession. If Ukraine succeeds in closing all 33 accession chapters within the next 10 to 15 years, Hungary will support Ukraine’s accession, subject to a legally binding referendum.