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Daily News Daily News · 04/09/2018
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Budapest, Bethlehem mayors sign twin city accord

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Budapest, Bethlehem mayors sign twin city accord

Betlehem, 2018. szeptember 3. Anton Szalman betlehemi fõpolgármester palesztin sálat tesz Tarlós István Budapest fõpolgármestere (b) nyakába a testvérvárosi együttmûködésrõl szóló megállapodás aláírása után Betlehemben, a Jászol téren álló Béke Központban 2018. szeptember 3-án. MTI Fotó: Kallos Bea

Budapest Mayor István Tarlós and Bethlehem Mayor Anton Salman signed a twin city agreement between their cities in Bethlehem on Monday.

Budapest is twinned with numerous cities but many of these pacts are more protocol-based, Tarlós said after the signing ceremony on Bethlehem’s Manger Square. Others involve a more active relationship, however, and Budapest attaches special importance to its cooperation with Bethlehem, he added.

Budapest hopes to focus its cooperation with Bethlehem on classical culture, youth affairs, sport and heritage protection, he said.

Tarlós said Budapest’s goal with the agreement was not political, but rather to create the conditions for cooperation with “the iconic birthplace and spiritual roots of the Christian community”, arguing that Europe’s classical culture needed to be protected.

Another aim is to bolster Budapest’s image and attract more and more tourists from Bethlehem to the Hungarian capital, he said.

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Tarlós praised the roles Marie Antoinette Sedin, the former Palestinian ambassador to Hungary, and Csaba Rada, Hungary’s ambassador to Palestine, played in bringing together the pact between the two cities.

Budapest, Bethlehem mayors sign twin city accord

Budapest, Bethlehem mayors sign twin city accord, photo: MTI

Salman told MTI after the signing that he plans on visiting Budapest next spring to get to know more about Hungarian culture.

Bethlehem wants to engage in cultural exchanges with its newfound Hungarian twin city, as well as a chance to promote itself to Hungarians and raise awareness of the challenges faced by Palestinians and the people of Bethlehem, he said.

Prior to signing the agreement, Tarlós visited the Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem’s historic city centre.

Photo: MTI

Source: MTI

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