Kuleba to meet with Szijjarto in Brussels today

Kuleba said this while speaking with the mass media in Brussels, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy noted that President Vodymyr Zelensky had a short encounter with Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary while in Argentina, but he was not present at this meeting, so he cannot share its atmosphere.

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"Today I will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary. This will be our first face-to-face meeting since the full-scale invasion. And I think this fact speaks for itself: we continue to talk with Hungary. As I have already mentioned, Ukraine has amended its legislation on education and the use of national minority languages as Hungary wanted. And this fact must be respected," said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He said the decision of the Eurean Commission contained a specific wording – that Ukraine should bring the legislation into line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission.

"And all the key recommendations of the Venice Commission have been implemented… I think the rules of the game should be fair. If we are td to do something and it’s done, it should be recognized as a result," the minister noted.

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As reported, on December 8, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adted a general amendment to certain laws of Ukraine to take into account the expert assessment of the Council of Eure and its bodies regarding the rights of national minorities (communities) in certain areas.

On November 8, the Eurean Commission recommended that the Eurean Council en negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and Mdova to the EU. It also recommended, under certain conditions, to en negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and grant the status of a candidate country to Georgia.

On December 14, the Eurean Council is to consider the issue of launching negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU.

During its meeting on December 9, the Verkhovna Rada approved an appeal to the EU member states and institutions with a request to support the ening of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU.