The Treaty of Trianon, which partitioned the Kingdom of Hungary after the First World War 100 years ago, mustn't be a stumbling block preventing Slovaks and Hungarians from looking to the future, said Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok during his first official visit to Hungary on Tuesday. The minister stated that he'd had a frank discussion on the Treaty of Trianon with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto. "If there's anything that doesn't unite us, it mustn't divide us," said Korcok. According to him, Slovaks, Hungarians and many other European nationalities have complicated experiences from this page of history - what some bear as an historical trauma is viewed by others as the beginning of their freedom. "I hope that the tones in Budapest on June 4 will be ones of launching cooperation for the future," said Korcok. At the meeting, he also praised the efficient communication at the level of ministers and premiers between the two countries regarding the easing of restrictive measures against the novel coronavirus.
