Hungary: Ukraine is unable to the European Union and NATO through its own fault

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Hungary has said Ukraine is «unable to make progress in the process of accession to the European Union and The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)» through its own fault.

According to the message on the website of the Hungarian government, the State Minister for Communications of Hungary, Tamás Menczer, told this to the Hungarian news agency MTI.

In particular, he noted that «Ukraine is unable to make progress in the process of accession to the European Union and NATO through its own fault.». According to Menczer, «Hungary has nothing to do with it.»

The representative of the Hungarian Government said this after the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summoned Hungary’s attorney for Ukraine, László Páp, in connection with the statements of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Ukraine’s European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations.

Menczer said, that the Head of the Hungarian Government spoke about the «actual state of affairs,» and for this, in his opinion, Ukraine cannot appeal to Hungary.

«It was not Hungary that adopted unfriendly measures against Ukraine, it was the other way round. It was not in Hungary, but in Ukraine where an education law was adopted which frustrated education in the mother tongue for national minorities. In Ukraine the already existing, acquired rights of minorities are in danger. This means that Ukraine is going against its international commitments, as well as the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and the programme for Ukraine’s preparation to NATO membership,» – the website of the Hungarian government informs.

Menczer notes that «despite the outright attack on the Hungarian community, Hungary continues to adopt a fair approach to Ukraine», and only recently it donated several tonnes of chlorine to the Zakarpattia region to ensure its continued supply of drinking water.

«We expect Ukraine to give back to national minorities the rights of which it has deprived them, and to put an end to their disenfranchised status,» – Menсzer said.

As The Journalist reported, Poroshenko agreed with the Hungarian Prime Minister to continue the negotiations at the ministerial level.