Hungarian minister: Government takes responsibility for Hungarian communities across the border

Hungary’s government bears responsibility for the fate of Hungarian communities beyond the border, Balázs Hankó, the minister of culture and innovation, said on Saturday in Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely), where he inaugurated a new building of a Reformed Church school.

Its aim is to foster the survival and development of these communities and nurture the intellectual and spiritual unity of the nation, he said.

Balázs Hankó, Minister of Culture and Innovation, speaks at the opening ceremony of the joint academic year of the Transylvanian and Partium Reformed Colleges in the downtown Reformed Church of Odorheiu Secuiesc on 21 September 2024. Photo: MTI/Kiss Gábor

At the opening of the school year of the Romanian Reformed schools in the city of Szekler Land (Székelyföld), Hankó said Hungarians in the motherland and beyond were part of a nation “that has stood proudly in central Europe for more than a thousand years”.

The nation parts were linked by “a common history and culture”, and they would also “build the future together”. Kelemen Hunor, the leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), also attended the ceremony.

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