Hungarian foreign minister visits Ukraine before EU summit on aid package

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto during a meeting in Budapest, Hungary, February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrived in Ukraine for talks with senior officials on Monday, days before a European Union summit that will seek agreement on a financial aid package that has been held up by Budapest.

Szijjarto's talks in the western city of Uzhhorod with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak follow weeks of Hungarian opposition to the EU providing 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in aid.