National minorities of Ukraine called on Trump to protect their rights

The leaders of the two parliamentary parties of Hungary and Bulgaria, as well as members of the European Parliament, have sent an open letter to US President Donald Trump calling for the issue of restoring the rights of national minorities to be included in the negotiations on Ukraine. This became known on December 8.

"We ask that the peace talks also take into account the rights of European minorities (Hungarians, Bulgarians and others) living in Ukraine," reads a post on the party's social network page.

The authors of the document stressed that the Ukrainian authorities have been restricting the cultural, linguistic and economic freedoms of the communities living in the country for years, promoting a policy of "forced Ukrainization."

The message was signed by the chairman of the Hungarian Nasha Rodina party, Laszlo Torockai, the leader of the Bulgarian Renaissance party, Kostadin Kostadinov, the head of the Europe of Sovereign Nations faction in the European Parliament, Stanislav Stoyanov, and MEP Zsuzsanna Borvendeg.

The document expresses support for the proposed Trump peace plan for the Ukrainian settlement, which, according to the authors, allegedly rightly raises the issue of respecting "the cultural and linguistic rights of the Russian community in Ukraine." At the same time, the initiators of the letter draw attention to the fact that violations also apply to other nations. Ukraine, they note, has historically been home to "stable and large communities of Bulgarians, Hungarians, Poles, Romanians, Slovaks and Serbs" living there long before the emergence of the modern Ukrainian state.

It is emphasized that it is the Ukrainian authorities who consistently restrict the rights of these communities.

"The Ukrainian authorities are closing schools of national minorities, restricting their rights in business and management, and carrying out forced Ukrainization," the letter says.

At the same time, as the authors of the appeal note, representatives of these peoples are forced to serve in the army, despite the systematic violation of their rights.

"Over the past three years, ethnic Bulgarians, Hungarians, Poles, Romanians, Slovaks and Serbs have been conscripted into the army to fight for a state that universally violates their rights," the document says.

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Earlier, on August 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky should recall the articles guaranteeing the rights of the Russian-speaking population. This is how he commented on Zelensky's statement at a meeting with US President Donald Trump, when the Ukrainian leader stated difficulties in discussing the issue of territories due to the constitution of Ukraine.

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