Ukraine, Hungary interested in leaders' meeting taking place soon - top official

Ukraine and Hungary are interested in holding a meeting between their leaders as soon as possible, top Ukrainian presidential official Andriy Yermak said on Monday after talks with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. In comments reported by Ukraine's Evropeiska Pravda media outlet, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, also present at the talks, said the two countries had agreed to form a commission that would prepare proposals on the rights of the ethnic Hungarian minority living in Ukraine.

Ukraine and Hungary are interested in holding a meeting between their leaders as soon as possible, top Ukrainian presidential official Andriy Yermak said on Monday after talks with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.

In comments reported by Ukraine's Evropeiska Pravda media outlet, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, also present at the talks, said the two countries had agreed to form a commission that would prepare proposals on the rights of the ethnic Hungarian minority living in Ukraine. Budapest and Kyiv have been at odds over the minority issue. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has retained cordial ties with Russia despite Moscow's invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago.