Sándor Petőfi Street inaugurated in Kazakhstan

Despite all the pressure, Hungary and Kazakhstan continue preserving their own culture and national characteristics which makes both countries strong and enables their survival during crises, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Astana on Thursday.

The ministry cited Szijjártó as stating that a street had been named after Hungarian 19th century reform poet Sándor Petőfi in the Kazakh capital which he said was another expression of respect by the Kazakhs towards Hungary and Hungarian culture. We wrote about Petőfi’s life in details HERE.

“These days international politics are mostly characterised by condemning, lecturing and criticising one another,” he said.

“We would like international politics to return to the grounds of mutual respect,” Szijjártó said. “But mutual respect can be demonstrated only by countries that are self-assured, and have rich and respectful culture,” he added.