Ukrainian Foreign Ministry calls on Hungary to stop demonizing Ukraine and Zelenskyy
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Heorhiy Tykhy reacted to the statement of Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs, calling on them to stop demonizing Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"The communication line of the Hungarian authorities, which demonizes Ukraine and President Zelenskyy, has gone off the rails. Where it is necessary to be principled, the Hungarian authorities are silent. And where it is necessary to look for points of contact, they throw baseless accusations. It is not surprising that in such conditions, a simple appeal by the Ukrainian side to the Hungarian media leads to nervous, escalating and simply unfair reproaches from the Hungarian authorities," Tykhy said.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman is convinced that good-neighborly relations between Ukraine and Hungary are critically important for the two countries.
"We responsibly approach all issues of the Hungarian side regarding the rights and opportunities of the Hungarian national minority in Ukraine and have repeatedly demonstrated a constructive and good-neighborly approach in this and other issues. However, good-neighborliness must be mutual. The Hungarian authorities' bet on the primitive demonization of Ukraine is a losing and short-sighted one. We expect that the search for imaginary enemies will someday pass, and the good-neighborliness of the two peoples will remain," Tykhy stated.