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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed hope that Ukraine and Hungary can resolve differences between the countries themselves.
NATO will not mediate a dispute between Hungary, a member of the Alliance, and Ukraine, a NATO graduate. This was announced on December 2 at a briefing after a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Alliance countries led by the organization’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, reports Evropeyskaya Pravda.
“It is well known that there is a bilateral dispute between Hungary and Ukraine, and I hope that both countries can resolve this bilateral dispute,” he also said.
Stoltenberg believes that NATO will continue to strengthen its partnership with Ukraine, despite the dispute.
On November 21, at the Syurt United Territorial Community in the Transcarpathian region, the local chief, together with the deputies, sang the Hungarian anthem after taking the oath. Ukraine Security Service began to check.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba described the situation when the citizens of Ukraine, deputies of the united territorial communities, sing the national anthem of another state, in particular Hungary, at the opening meeting.
On November 30, the SBU searched the offices of one of the foreign charitable foundations in the Transcarpathian region. Employees of the service verified the information about the fund’s participation in activities aimed at violating the sovereignty of Ukraine. The Hungarian Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador and expressed dissatisfaction.
On November 29, a video was posted on YouTube, in which a man in a ski mask and glasses in front of the Beregovo sign of the Transcarpathian region and the “Right Sector” flag says he knows everyone “who received passports or scholarships from the Magyars “. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov called out the provocateurs who threaten citizens of Hungarian origin as enemies of the state. The National Police of Ukraine initiated criminal proceedings for inciting ethnic hatred due to threats against Ukrainians of Hungarian origin.
On December 1, Hungary announced its wish to send a special OSCE follow-up mission to the Transcarpathian region.
On the same day, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto complained about Ukraine to the Alliance.
Hungary became a member of NATO in 1999. Ukraine became a NATO graduate country in March 2018.
