RT quoted Mr. Szijjarto as saying that Hungarians living in Ukraine have been treated badly because the Kiev government has issued laws to limit the use of languages other than local languages in education and public life.
According to estimates, there are about 100,000 to 150,000 Hungarian people living in the Zakarpattia region of western Ukraine.
In an interview, Foreign Minister Szijjarto affirmed that Ukraine has violated the rights of ethnic minorities, and hoped that the future Kiev government would know how to respect ethnic minorities and restore their rights.
The top Hungarian diplomat especially stressed that the very bad bilateral relationship between the two countries has nothing to do with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Not stopping there, some other Hungarian officials have also been outraged by reports of forced military service for Hungarian-born people in Ukraine, which are believed to compensate for the lack of human resources of the Kiev force.
The profound disagreements on the rights of minorities have contributed to Hungary's tough and consistent stance on the issue of Ukraine in general.
Typically, on July 24, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Hungary had never and will never provide weapons to Ukraine because it did not want to be a part of the conflict in Eastern Europe.
Mr. Szijjarto affirmed that Hungary's main goal is to maintain a non-professional stance in the conflict, and stated that this stance will be maintained as long as the current Budapest government is in office.
Foreign Minister Szijjarto said that Hungary will not allocate any financial resources to Ukrainian military aid. This means that Budapest could not only tighten the state budget but also use its boycott to hinder the European Union's (EU) support plans for Ukraine in the future.
