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Ukraine says EU set to open next accession stages after Kyiv passes minority rights law

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KYIV, Oct ‌12 (Reuters) - Ukraine expects the European ​Union to approve opening the second and ⁠third stages of its accession talks on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha ​said on Monday.

Earlier on Monday, Ukraine's parliament ‌passed legislation expanding the rights of Hungarian speakers and other minorities to receive ⁠education in their native ⁠language, part of an agreement with Hungary's new government to drop objections that had blocked Kyiv's EU membership ‌bid.

Sybiha said he met his Hungarian counterpart ⁠Anita Orban on the ‌sidelines of a ​Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday and they welcomed the ‌implementation of bilateral agreements between ​the two ⁠countries.

"We welcome today's important step by ‌the Ukrainian Parliament ⁠on minority education rights," Orban said on X.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed the ​bill into law ‌later on Monday, the Ukrainian parliament's ⁠website showed.

(Reporting by ​Max Hunder; Editing by Kirsten Donovan ​and Ros Russell)

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