Budapest, June 5 -- Hungary has given its approval for Ukraine to open its first European union negotiating cluster, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said.
"We were able to approve at the ambassadorial level the opening of the first cluster in Ukraine's accession negotiations with the European union (EU)," Magyar said at a joint press conference with his Irish counterpart, Micheal Martin, here on Thursday.
Magyar said Budapest reached an agreement with Kyiv regarding the language, cultural, educational, and political rights of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine's Transcarpathia region.
With Ukraine committing to implementing the necessary legislative changes, Hungarysupports the opening of the negotiation cluster, he added.
Martin, ...