Walesa bridge between “East and West”, says Lazar

Budapest, November 5 (MTI) – Former Polish president Lech Walesa was guest of honour of a dinner hosted by Hungary’s President Janos Ader on Wednesday evening.

In his address Ader remembered his personal encounters with Walesa, aged 71, and the freedom-fights of the Polish people. He said they both attended a mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II during his third visit to Poland in the summer of 1987. He noted that neither of them knew at the time that they would once be presidents of their respective countries (Walesa three and half and Ader 27 years later).

Walesa, former leader of the Solidarity movement, said his generation had done much to dismantle borders in Europe. He said the walls were broken down so that equity would be created, but there is still much to be done to achieve equality in the social, cultural spheres and education.