The Deputy State Secretary has already held negotiations with the local leaders of Hungarian secular and religious communities.

Ferenc Kumin met with the community of United Hungarian House, and then spoke with leader of the House Miklós Pereházy, who is also a member of the Diaspora Council. The Deputy State Secretary welcomed the fact that United Hungarian House and its predecessor have been a home for Hungarians living in Los Angeles since the 1920s.

He also had a fruitful discussion with the chairman of the Bais Naftoli Jewish religious community, which includes numerous Hungarians, and the leader of the San Fernando Valley Reformed Church.

He emphasized that although the community of Hungarians living on the West Coast is very colourful, he experienced that all of them show great interest towards events in Hungary and the measures introduced by the Hungarian Government.

Ferenc Kumin held negotiations with John D. Heubusch, the Director of the Ronald Reagan Foundation. The Foundation and the museum, where the Deputy State Secretary paid tribute to the deceased President, is committed to Ronald Reagan’s legacy, the preservation and facilitation of freedom. They held a long discussion about the Hungarian political situation and Ferenc Kumin talked about the measures that contribute to the reducing the burden on the Hungarian people.

He meets today with Michael Salberg, the international leader of the Anti-Defamation League, and will also open the three-day Hungarian Carnival series of concerts organized by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

(Prime Minister's Office)