“If the goal of Ukraine is EU membership, it is necessary to guarantee the rights of minorities,” RIA Novosti quotes Novak.
According to her, Italy and Austria share a similar opinion.
Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that ethnic Hungarians were being mobilized in the Ukrainian army in Transcarpathia.
He also noted that the Ukrainian authorities have never been partners of Budapest on the issues of ethnic Hungarians living in Transcarpathia.