Trianon commemoration in Washington highlights Hungarian resilience and unity
“It is not enough to remember the losses, one should also see the strength of the Hungarian nation,” Boglárka Illés, state secretary at the foreign ministry, told a commemoration marking the anniversary of the post-WWI Trianon Peace Treaty, at the Hungarian embassy in Washington late on Tuesday.
Illés said “at least three generations have grown up ” since 1920, when the treaty concluded the world war, and “the strength of the Hungarian nation is manifested by the fact that despite all attempts by the great powers it has survived and demonstrates unity.”
The official noted that the US has the largest community of the Hungarian diaspora, adding that “Hungarian communities not only exist but they have created a Hungarian world of their own, too.”
Concerning her talks with US State Department officials, Illés told MTI that “a position supporting peace links Hungary and the US. “We appreciate endeavours by the US president and US administration to promote peace,” she said. During her talks, she said she had informed her partners the Hungarian government’s child protection measures, family policy, and border control regime.
The state secretary also met Republican congressmen, and visited the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. She also met Stephen Schneider, international director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and noted the Hungarian government’s policy of zero tolerance for anti-Semitism.
Hankó: ‘No matter where they live, Hungarians belong together’
4 June, the anniversary of the 1920 Trianon Peace Treaty, is Hungary’s Day of National Cohesion, the minister of culture and innovation said in a Facebook video, adding that “no matter where we live, we are Hungarians and belong together”.
“We belong together … and that is true when help is needed,” Balázs Hankó said, noting Hungary’s aid to ethnic kin impacted by recent floods in Romania’s Szekler Land.
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