Ukrainian Foreign Minister meets with Hungarian counterpart in Uzhhorod

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba met with Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, in Uzhhorod.

"Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Head of the Ukrainian President Office Andrii Yermak, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Péter Szijjártó have started negotiations in Uzhhorod to normalise Ukrainian-Hungarian relations," Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry’s statement reads.

The Office of the President of Ukraine said that "an open and constructive dialogue to improve relations between the two states" is expected.

Earlier reports indicated that the meeting between the two ministers aims to prepare for a future meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Before that, Szijjártó said that he had had a conversation with Andrii Yermak, during which he said that a meeting between Zelenskyy and Orbán would make sense "if it can produce results".

Previously, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a brief conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during the inauguration ceremony of the newly-elected President of Argentina. Orbán said at the time that he had accepted Zelenskyy's invitation to talk about bilateral relations on the condition that foreign ministers prepare the meeting.