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Cancelled visit to Budapest: Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament refused to meet with Ruslan Stefanchuk
The planned September visit of the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, to Budapest did not take place due to the refusal of Hungarian Parliament Speaker Agnes Forestofer and other Hungarian officials to hold a meeting with him.
According to Euroradio sources, Stefanchuk planned a visit to Hungary for the week starting with 7 in September. It was to take place after the Verkhovna Rada became the first in the world to recognize and condemn the systemic repressions against Hungarians during the USSR era.
However, the visit never happened.
"The Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, Agnes Forestofer, simply refused to meet with the Ukrainian colleague. And any Hungarian officials as well," the article states.
A few days later Stefanchuk found himself in Budapest again, en route home from a G7 meeting, and again without any meetings, the article notes.
Nevertheless, despite such actions by partners, Stefanchuk's team decided not to escalate the conflict. In a comment to EurActive, they avoided mentioning the Hungarian refusal. But they emphasized that immediately after being elected, the Hungarian speaker herself invited the Ukrainian colleague to visit.
Meanwhile, the speaker stressed that they continue to attempt to arrange a meeting.
"The Ukrainian and Hungarian teams are actively working on organizing the first meeting between the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and the President of the National Assembly of Hungary, Agnes Forestofer. We are grateful to the Hungarian side for the official invitation to visit Budapest. At the same time, we are ready to receive Agnes Forestofer in Kyiv or in any other Ukrainian city with the agreement of the parties," said Vadym Kolodiychuk, the spokesman for the Speaker, in a written comment to EurActive.
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