OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to visit Uzhgorod

20:32, 05.02.2018 1 min read

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier will visit the west Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod on February 6-7, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Vasyl Bodnar has said.

"In pursuance of instructions from [Ukrainian Foreign] Minister Pavlo Klimkin, I will be on a working trip to Uzhgorod on February 6-7. On the agenda are meetings with the region's leaders and the local Hungarian community, talks with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Zannier and Ukrainian-Hungarian consultations," Bodnar tweeted on Monday, February 5.

Since July 2017, Zannier has been OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Until June 2011, he was OSCE Secretary General.