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Both leaders pointed to improving bilateral relations following their meeting on the sidelines of the EU summit.
“We see the Ukrainian Parliament’s adoption of the minority education law and the immediate start of its implementation as a first step towards rebuilding mutual trust,” Magyar wrote on X.
He also thanked Ukraine’s parliament for its September resolution recognizing crimes committed against Hungarians in Transcarpathia through forced labor and mass deportations between 1944 and 1946.
“President Zelensky and I agreed to continue talks at ministerial level, with a special focus on improving the situation of minorities in both countries,” Magyar said. “We also agreed that it is in both countries’ interests to build a new foundation for our political and economic relations.”
The prime minister expressed solidarity with Ukraine over Russia’s continuing invasion.
“I expressed my full solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s brutal aggression, which has continued for almost five years,” he wrote. “Hungary is ready to use every possible diplomatic means to help achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible and secure lasting peace.”
Speaking after the meeting, Zelensky said Hungary and Ukraine were drawing closer and that bilateral relations were progressing.
The discussions covered bilateral ties, economic cooperation and logistics, he said.
Asked whether a new chapter had begun and whether visits by the two leaders could follow, Zelensky said the important issue was not who visited the other country first, but that the two sides were moving closer together. That mattered to both countries and their people, he added.
Zelensky also thanked Hungary for supporting the opening of two negotiating clusters in Ukraine’s EU accession talks.
Responding to another question, the Ukrainian president said he was not opposed to visiting Budapest.
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