Orbán holds talks with religious leaders – UPDATE
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Cairo, June 2 (MTI) – Prime Minister Orbán Viktor discussed Hungarian-Egyptian relations and European political matters with Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar Mosque, in Cairo on Thursday.
Orbán and el-Tayeb discussed the possible reasons behind Europe’s difficulty in understanding recent events in Egypt and the country’s political situation, the prime minister’s press chief said.
Orbán said Europe should try to break free from “the bondage of political and philosophical preconceptions”. Europe’s political ideas limit the understanding the continent could have of Egypt and makes it even harder to give any kind of advice to the country, the prime minister was quoted as saying.
El-Tayeb described the meeting as useful and productive.
Orbán invited the grand imam to visit Hungary so that he could get to know Hungarians and their culture better.
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