Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held his first in-person meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orban during a NATO meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, on Thursday, May 22. The ministers reviewed the results of the first round of bilateral expert-level consultations on national minority issues held earlier this week and agreed to organize a second round next week.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “We recognize the importance of progress on this track; we seek to find constructive solutions and achieve tangible results,” Sybiha said after the meeting. “I emphasized the critical importance of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union and the timely opening of negotiation clusters,” he added. According to Ukraine’s foreign ministry, Sybiha also briefed his Hungarian counterpart on battlefield developments, the peace process and Europe’s potential future role in supporting Ukraine. Kyiv, Budapest seek to restore dialogue The diplomats agreed that restoring bilateral dialogue between Ukraine and Hungary is a positive development for both countries and Europe as a whole. They also coordinated further bilateral contacts at different levels. On Wednesday, two countries held online talks aimed at reviving strained bilateral relations following the election defeat of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. “Ukraine wants to open a new, mutually beneficial chapter in our bilateral relations based on trust,” Sybiha said in a statement published on X ahead of the talks.