Szijjarto: Hungary highly values US help in resolving conflict with Ukraine over minority rights

Hungary highly values the United States' efforts towards helping to resolve the conflict with Ukraine over the neighbouring country's recent laws infringing on the rights of minorities, the foreign minister said after meeting a senior US State Department official in Budapest on Wednesday. Peter Szijjarto held talks with Wess Mitchell, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. The minister told reporters that he reaffirmed to the US official Hungary's interest in resolving the conflict instead of keeping the issue on the agenda. "Hungary's ambition is to guarantee that the around 150,000 Hungarians can live in security in the Transcarpathia region and exercise their rights," he said.