President Stevandić attended the reception on the occasion of the National Holiday of Hungary

The President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska Dr Nenad Stevandić attended today in Sarajevo a reception organized by the Hungarian Embassy, on the occasion of the Hungarian National Holiday - the Day of the Beginning of the Revolution and Liberation Struggle in 1956.

The reception was also attended by a Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željka Cvijanović, Prime Minister Radovan Višković, Minister of Energy and Mining of the Republic of Srpska Petar Đokić, Minister of Finance in the Council of Ministers Srđan Amidžić, director of "Electricity Company of the Republic of Srpska", Luka Petrović.

On that occasion, the Hungarian ambassador to BiH Krisztián Pósa said that Hungary will take over the presidency of the European Union from the second half of next year, which will enable it to focus the Union even more on the Western Balkans, and therefore BiH, during that period.

"The European Union must be open to dialogue and should provide the possibility of a European perspective to the countries of the Western Balkans, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Hungary will do everything in its power to make it happen," said Pósa.

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a spontaneous revolt against Soviet rule that lasted from 23 October to 10 November.