No place for Ukraine in EU, Hungary says after Kiev outlaws education in minority languages

‘Hungary has pledged to obstruct Ukraine’s EU integration at every step after Kiev adopted a new education law which bans teaching children in any language other than Ukrainian. Ukraine’s neighbors call it a form of persecution of minorities.
“Hungary will block all steps within the European Union that would represent a step forward in Ukraine’s European integration process in the spirit of the Eastern Partnership program,” Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a statement on Tuesday.
The statement came after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed into law a controversial bill which in essence bans state schools in Ukraine from teaching children in any language other than Ukrainian.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin responded to Hungary’s concerns by calling the whole issue a mere “misunderstanding” and offered assurances that Ukraine does care about its citizens of Hungarian origin.’
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