Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice, has met with Roman Kowalski, Polish ambassador to Budapest. They visited a Polish-Hungarian children’s history quiz, which was organised with the support of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice.

The three-day quiz event was held at the Zánka Youth Centre on the shore of Lake Balaton, involving forty teams with a total of 120 young people from Transylvania, Poland and Hungary. Participants could also enjoy boating, traditional dancing and handicrafts.

Results of the history quiz were announced at the closing event on Thursday. Deputy Prime Minister Navracsics said that ‘Poles and Hungarians have always been able to count on each other throughout history. Now also they must be ready to help each other at any time.’ He said that ‘Although the two countries enjoy relative prosperity as members of the European Union –  albeit in the midst of an economic crisis –  the history of the two countries teaches us that at any time a situation could arise when one of our nations becomes the closest supporter of the other. We have always been able to count on Poles, and they have always been able to count on us. We were able to count on them between the wars and during the Second World War, and also during the 1956 Revolution. Similarly, we must be ready at any time to help each other in times of need in the name of friendship.’

Mr. Kowalski expressed his deep respect for the traditionally good relationship between the two countries and thanked those who sustain this relationship nowadays.

(Ministry of Public Administration and Justice)