After a conference, Prőhle told MTI that a testament to the importance of cultural relations was that cultural institutes operated in each other’s countries when normal diplomatic relations did not exist.

He had talks with David Kessler, the cultural advisor to the French president, and the deputy state secretary asked for French government financial support towards operating a recently opened French centre at Szeged University.

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