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Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin addresses a
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Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto (not in picture) at the
ministry in Hungary on Oct. 12, 2017. Ukrainian Minister of Foreign
Affairs Pavlo Klimkin addresses a joint press conference after the
meeting with Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter
Szijjarto (not in picture) at the ministry in Hungary on Oct. 12, 2017.
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<p>Foreign
Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin assures that the national minorities
in Ukraine have no reason to be concerned about the cancellation of the
so-called “language” law of Kivalov-Kolesnichenko.</p>
<p>“Neither our Hungarians nor Hungary should have concerns about the
cancellation of the Kivalov-Kolesnichenko law. And one should not put it
in sequence, as they do – first the law on education, then the repeal
of the law [Kivalov-Kolesnichenko]. It is not a definite sequence. But
this is a consistent desire to make so that Hungarians will have all the
chances to realize themselves in Ukraine,” he said in Lviv during a
Skype conference with local media.</p>
<p>The minister considers correct the abolition of the language law.</p>
<p>“What we should do is a national discussion on how we should resolve
this issue within the country. I believe that many authorities should be
implemented by joint territorial communities, in simple matters, where
they do not concern the Ukrainian language as a state one and national
issues of the law,” Klimkin said.</p>
<p>Earlier, the media reported that Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter
Szijjarto linked the adoption of the law on education with the language
article, unacceptable for Hungary, and the abolition of the language law
of Kivalov-Kolesnichenko, calling it a “brutal attack” on national
minorities.</p>
<p>As reported, on February 28, the party of Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union
said that the Constitutional Court of Ukraine had recognized the law
“On the foundations of the state language policy” No. 5029-6 (the
so-called Kivalov-Kolesnichenko law) as unconstitutional</p></div></div>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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