Hungary's Magyar proposes meeting with Zelenskiy on minority rights


FILE PHOTO: Election winner Peter Magyar speaks during a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, April 20, 2026. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

BUDAPEST, April 28 (Reuters) - Hungarian election ⁠winner Peter Magyar has proposed a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ⁠in western Ukraine to discuss minority rights of ethnic Hungarians in the ‌region, Magyar said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

Centre-right leader Magyar ousted nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years in power at an April 12 election, winning a constitutional majority that will allow ​him to roll back Orban's contested rule-of-law reforms.

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