Szijjártó holds lecture at US National Press Club on 1956 uprising

Washington, DC, September 28 (MTI) – Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó gave a talk about Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on Tuesday evening local time.

“Hungary is the home of freedom and freedom fighters,” he said, arguing that 1956 was a milestone in Hungarian history because it demonstrated that dictatorship had failed to take root in Hungary. And it presaged that Hungarians would rise against anyone who put their freedom at stake, he said to a packed room in one of the club’s restaurants, which served Hungarian wines with its dinner.

Szijjártó’s talk marked the start of a series of events in Washington, DC, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the uprising.

Szijjártó said he was speaking on behalf of a proud nation that is proud of its culture, more than thousand-year history and Christianity.

He noted that Hungary had been promised help by foreign powers in 1956 but it never arrived.