'Dear Ukrainian friends, don’t come to EU! You are going to be sorry' - EU citizen

Ukraine wants to be associated with the European Union because they have no experience with the EU, believes Istvan Lovas.

"We have been in the EU for ten years and poll after poll would show that Hungarians feel nostalgia for the socialist regime, they hated it but now they feel nostalgia because they feel that they are much poorer, that there are so many uncertainties in their lives," Lovas said.

Ten years ago when Hungary joined the EU, it basically gave up its autonomy, Hungarians gave up their own currency and in return the received is bad press, poverty and uncertainties in their lives.

"Hungary is a country of 10 million and more than 400,000 children are hungry, they go to bed without eating properly or eating nothing. You know, don’t long for the EU, I’m telling you from experience. Look, I live well here in the Brussels but I ‘m telling you, my compatriots in Hungary, they suffer. And you know what do we get from the EU? Every day (and I’m talking about the western press) – 'Hungary is anti-Semitic, there is no democracy in Hungary!'’ And now, today for instance Mr Schulz, who is Chairman of the European Parliament issued a statement calling the Ukrainian authorities not to use force and violence against demonstrators. In Hungry in October 2006 the police shot at the eyes of people, blinded them, used steal batons and other unauthorized means to beat them up, peaceful demonstrators, passers-by. And the same for NATO Secretary General Rasmussen who yesterday issued the similar statement. When I called him I mean his press office this morning and also Mr Schulz this afternoon, they were so nervous that I questioned them – how come this double standard calling for the Ukrainian authorities not to use force and they were silent in 2006 in October when people were demonstrating in Hungary peacefully. So what? Dear Ukrainian friends, don’t come to the EU! You are going to be sorry," Mr. Lovas warned.

The only benefit that Ukraine could get if it joined the European Union (but at the moment the EU did not offer to join it, but only to sign association with the EU), would be free travel across Europe and cheap cell phone services.

"For instance we can travel to various countries in the EU and also we are members of so called Schengen area. But believe me other than that and of course working there and also that certain things are cheaper, for instance using your mobile phone, cell phones, roaming etc. But for heaven’s sake you don’t need the EU for that. Switzerland is a part of the Schengen area and also Norway. So you don’t have to be a member of the EU," Mr. Lovas told the Voice of Russia.

Istvan Lovas believes that the EU can no longer offer jobs, the provision that once attracted a lot of countries to join the European Union. "And if you go to a country, for example you go to France, there are 8 million people out of job, an d so you go there as a Hungarian and try to get a work then they are going to employ you for half of the wage of a French man and perhaps you are not going to be paid for 3 or 4 months and then kicked out from the company," Mr. Lovas said.

OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Kiev not to be postponed - Russian Foreign Ministry

Russia is sending a delegation to a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Foreign Ministers Council, which will convene in Kiev, and plans to get in touch with the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

"The meeting will be held on December 5 and 6. No information is available suggesting that it might be postponed. Our Ukrainian colleagues have confirmed that they are expecting our arrival. We are ready to go," said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov.

Asked whether Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, he said, "Contacts will take place between the delegations, of course. We highly value the work our Ukrainian colleagues did during Ukraine's presidency, and hope that the Foreign Ministers Council meeting will be constructive."

"Contacts will definitely take place - quite naturally, with the foreign minister of the country holding the rotating presidency of the OSCE. In what format? This is not so important," Meshkov said.

Russia-NATO Council won't discuss Ukrainian situation - Russian diplomat

The Ukrainian situation will not be discussed at the ministerial session of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels on Wednesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov said. "This issue is not on the agenda," Meshkov told reporters on Tuesday.

Agenda of NATO meetings in Brussels includes Afghanistan, relations with Russia, Georgia, upcoming NATO summit

The agenda of a series of meetings of foreign ministers, which start at the NATO headquarters on Tuesday, will include the situation in Afghanistan, developing relations of NATO with Russia and Georgia and the upcoming NATO summit.

On the first day the foreign ministers of 28 NATO countries will discuss the agenda of the summit, which is planned for September 4-5, 2014 in Southern Wales in the UK.

It has been declared that the summit will be dedicated to the completion of the military operation in Afghanistan, relations of NATO with partners, and enhancing and modernizing NATO military potential.

The situation in Syria and the program of destroying Syrian chemical weapons, the state of affairs in Afghanistan amid the approaching withdrawal of NATO's military presence there and the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking are among the topics.

Voice of Russia, RIA, Interfax