Hungary blocks Ukraine-NATO defence ministers summit
2018-01-23 09:39:32 source：Euractiv
January 22, 2018
Hungary will not facilitate the holding of a Ukraine-NATO summit at defence minister level, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday (19 January) after a meeting with Vasyl Brenzovych, the head of the Society of Hungarian culture in Zakarpattia (a region in southwestern Ukraine), according to Radio Liberty.
The announcement is a probable setback to Ukraine’s hopes of clinching NATO membership, which the country revived this year.
Szijjártó emphasised that Hungary’s position remains unchanged: Budapest won’t support the European integration aspirations of Kyiv so long as it violates European and international rights.
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko signed a new law on education on September 25, which angered Hungary because it reduced the rights of minorities.
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