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KÖVÉR, CROATIAN LAY CORNERSTONE FOR ETHNIC HUNGARIAN CENTRE

Politicians are obliged to maintain good neighbourly relations and help their ethnic minorities abroad, house speaker László Kövér said after meeting Croatian counterpart Gordan Jandroković in Osijek (Eszék), in NE Croatia, on Wednesday.
The house speakers laid the cornerstone of a students’ hostel for the Hungarian educational and cultural centre of Croatia. Kövér said the southern Hungarian city of Pécs and Osijek were home to some of the most important educational facilities of local ethnic minorities.
Jandroković said minority protection are exemplary in both Croatia and Hungary and ethnic Croatians in Hungary are satisfied with the conditions provided by Hungary.
The Hungarian educational and cultural centre of Croatia was opened in September 1999 but has not had a hostel so far.
The Croatian government supports the construction of the new building with 8.5 million kunas.