House Speaker László Kövér said the francophone community of more than 300 million people around the world has a heartfelt friend in Hungary.
Addressing the opening of an exhibition on the occasion of International Francophonie Day on Monday, Kövér noted that Hungary’s parliament has enjoyed associate membership of the French-speaking Parliamentary Assembly since 1993. A part of the community of European states for more than a thousand years, Hungary and its culture enriches universal European culture in equal measure to its independence, just as Francophone culture does, he said. The exhibition held in Parliament brings together francophone countries and presents their cultural ties with Hungary, Jean-François Paroz, Switzerland’s ambassador, said, speaking on behalf of this year’s president of the Francophonie Ambassadors’ Circle.