Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha: "Today in Luxembourg, on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting, I had a very substantive meeting with my Hungarian counterpart, Anita Orban.

We discussed the most pressing issues on our bilateral and European agendas, compared notes and agreed on the next steps.

We congratulated each other on the successful fulfilment of our bilateral agreements.

Today, the Ukrainian parliament has adopted amendments to education legislation to ensure the rights of European national minorities in Ukraine in this area, in line with EU best practices.

This was done in accordance with Ukraine’s commitments under Cluster 1. So, we are delivering.

Tomorrow, we expect the EU to officially decide to open Cluster 2, “Internal Market”, and Cluster 3, “Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth”. I thanked the Hungarian side for its constructive position on this matter.

I will never tire of repeating this: there is no better way to guarantee the rights and security of Ukraine’s Hungarian national minority than to bring Ukraine into the EU as soon as possible.

Likewise, there is no better way to bring peace closer to Europe than Ukraine’s accession to the EU.

I briefed my Hungarian counterpart on Russia’s intensification of attacks on Ukraine’s capital and other peaceful cities, with civilians deliberately targeted.

We also discussed the agenda for the upcoming European Council meeting and the EU’s decisions aimed at stopping the aggressor, forcing it to change its calculus of terror, and bringing it to the negotiating table to achieve a lasting peace.

Ukrainian - Hungarian dialogue is growing stronger, based on mutual respect, good-neighbourliness, and a shared European future in the interests of our peoples".