Deputy Prime Minister for national Policy Zsolt Semjén received President of the Ukrainian World Congress Eugene Czolij and the organisation’s representative in Brussels Maryna Laroshevych in the Parliament Building during their recent visit to Budapest. The meeting was also attended by the National Assembly’s Ukrainian minority ombudsman Jaroszlav Hartyányi, head of the press Office of the Prime Minister Bertalan Havasi informed Hungarian news agency MTI.

At Monday’s meeting, the parties reviewed the situation that has arisen as a result of the amendment of Ukraine’s Act on Education. The Deputy Prime Minister made it clear that previously acquired minority rights cannot be taken away. Eugene Czolij stressed the significance of the Venice Commission’s resolution and the importance of dialogue, and provided an overview of the work of the Ukrainian World Congress.

(Prime Minister's Office/MTI)