Poroshenko said the Prime Minister of Hungary about the danger of statements regarding the establishment of Hungarian autonomy
The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during a meeting with Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban have expressed concerns about the statements of the Hungarian politicians about the creation of a separate territorial autonomy.
About it reports a press-service of the President.
In turn, Orban noted the support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and for the immediate granting Ukrainians a visa-free regime with the EU.
The two sides also exchanged views on bilateral relations and noted the importance of intensifying the bilateral political dialogue at the highest level.
The two sides discussed expansion of cooperation of Ukraine with the countries of the “Visegrad four”.
They also raised the issue of countering Russian aggression in Donbas and conservation of the EU sanctions against Russia.
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We will remind, in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine is surprised by calls of the Vice-Prime Minister of Hungary Zsolt SEM na autonomy of the Hungarian minority in neighbouring countries and hope that this is not the official position of the country. Earlier SEM hair dryer did said that autonomy is the goal and vision of the future for all ethnic Hungarians living abroad Hungary.
It should be noted that the Hungarians of Transcarpathia have broad cultural autonomy, in the area of active cell of public-political organizations of the Hungarians (CMX and UMDS), which at the time of elections becomes the parties. At the same time, relative political autonomy of the Hungarians of Transcarpathia is still under debate, particularly around recovery within the Transcarpathian region of the so-called Hungarian or prytysyans’ka electoral district that existed in the parliamentary elections of 1998.
In the Transcarpathian region, according to the latest estimates, there are about 100 thousand ethnic Hungarians.