Hungary, Austria, Slovakia Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of Iron Curtain Fall

(MTI) – Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian foreign minister, Miroslav Lajcak, the Slovak foreign minister and Foreign Affairs and Trade State Secretary Peter Szijjarto, addressed celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the dismantling of the Iron Curtain in Sopron, northwest Hungary, on Friday.

Szijjarto said the perserverence of freedom-fighting peoples in the heart of Europe had led to the fall of Communist dictatorships and paved the road to the reunification of the continent.

“Had Central Europeans not fought ardently against Communism, today there would be no unified Europe,” Szijjarto told a gathering near Hungary’s border with Austria.

Kurz said the younger generations can only imagine what life was like before the Iron Curtain and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. It is important to remember the historic event which brought freedom for Europe and the chance of closer cooperation for its countries, he said.