ROUND TABLE “UKRAINE – HUNGARY: CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF INTERSTATE RELATIONS”
On June 20, 2024, the round table “Ukraine – Hungary: current state and prospects of interstate relations” was held, organized by the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the NAS of Ukraine. The following also participated in the preparation and holding of the event: The National Institute for Strategic Studies, Uzhgorod National University, Ferenc Rakoczi Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute, Transcarpathian Regional Center for Socio-Economic and Humanitarian Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Razumkov Center, Association of Political Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Political Sciences.
The purpose of the event was a scientific and expert evaluation of the current state and ways of strengthening the strategic partnership between Ukraine and Hungary in the conditions of and after the Russian-Ukrainian war, devoid of political bias.
The professional discussion revolved around ethnopolitical aspects of Ukrainian-Hungarian interstate relations, issues of temporary protection of Ukrainian refugees from the war, economic and military-technical cooperation between the two countries, as well as the role of Ukrainian-Hungarian relations in ensuring security on the European continent.
The Director of the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Oleg Rafalskiy addressed the participants of the round table. He emphasized the importance and relevance of the event, stressing that the issues of modern relations between the two neighboring states require in-depth scientific analysis, because their strategic partnership is inevitable, and in the future it will develop within the framework of the European Union and joint security structures.
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Oleg Rafalskiy
Viktor Yelenskiy, head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, spoke about the achievements and problems of the ethnopolitical vector of interstate cooperation.
Victor Yelenskiy
President of the Razumkov Center, editor-in-chief of the magazine “National Security and Defense” Yuriy Yakymenko singled out the most urgent, in his opinion, questions that need answers and which are aimed at ensuring the national interests of both countries, European and global security.
Yuriy Yakymenko
Scientists who worked in the conference hall of the Institute, as well as scientists who joined online, took part in the discussion. Among the participants are employees of the event’s organizing institutions, as well as scientists from other research centers of Ukraine and Hungary.
Cilla Fedynets
The Hungarian side was directly represented in Kyiv by Ph.D., senior employee of the Center for Social Sciences of the Hungarian Research Network Cilla Fedynets, online – associate professor of the Department of Economics and Management of Janos Kodolanyi University (Budapest) Botond Geza Kalman. The discussion attracted the attention of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary for the Development of Good Neighbor Policy, the head of the Hungarian delegation of the Mixed Hungarian-Ukrainian Commission on Ensuring the Rights of National Minorities, Ferenc Kolmar.
During the discussion
Employees of the staff of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, in particular, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also showed interest in the discussion.
Scientific evaluations, conclusions and proposals will find their coverage in the collection of materials of the round table and will be directed to specialized institutions of state power.
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