Deputy state secretary visits Hungarian organisations in Latin America

Montevideo, February 21 (MTI) – The government considers it important to foster close ties with Hungarian diaspora organisations, deputy state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office Péter Szilágyi told MTI by phone on Sunday after starting a visit to Latin America.

“We strive to strengthen relations with local Hungarian organisations both in Europe and on more remote continents,” Szilágyi said. “We believe these relations still hold great potential and the Hungarian diaspora can also offer extra strength to Hungary,” he added.

Szilágyi on Friday participated at the third general assembly of the Federation of Hungarian Associations in Latin America (LAMOSZSZ) in Montevideo, attended by delegates from Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil and Uruguay.

Hungarians started arriving to Latin America in large numbers after World War I although their emigration stopped after the 1956 uprising. Hungarians mostly settled in Argentina and Brazil.