14:06 09.12.2017

Hungarian FM in favor of Ukraine's full implementation of Venice Commission's comments on education law

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Hungarian FM in favor of Ukraine's full implementation of Venice Commission's comments on education law

Ukraine must implement all the remarks of the Venice Commission on language article in the "Education Law," Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said.

The Hungarian foreign minister said this after a meeting with representatives of Ukraine at a meeting of the Association Council in Brussels on Friday, the Radio Liberty reported.

"Those rights that already have national minorities can not be withdrawn. These are the fundamental issues that are stipulated in the UN and Council of Europe conventions, as well as the final statement of the Eastern Partnership summit. Secondly, we can be satisfied with something, which is connected with the law on education, but only if the Hungarian minority is satisfied. I told Prime Minister Groysman [Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman] that if you make such fundamental changes in the law, which can influence minorities, you should have previously conducted all the necessary serious consultations, which hadn't been done. And thirdly, Ukraine must fully implement all the comments and opinions of the Venice Commission, which, as I understand, Ukraine intends to do," Szijjarto said.

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