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\u201cWhoever reads will ultimately find their way. Nobody can ever be forced to read; it\u2019s an urge that you either have or don\u2019t,\u201d said the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 to young people and all those who read books at the opening ceremony of the 46th<\/sup> International Book Fair \u2018Interliber\u2019 at Zagreb Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Hungary was chosen as the featured country at this year\u2019s \u2018Interliber\u2019, President Milanovi\u0107, in his address at the ceremony, spoke about the current state of Croatian-Hungarian relations. \u201cOur history \u2013 the history of relations between Croatia and Hungary and the intertwining of our cultures \u2013 is vast. Only neighbouring nations, if you are a small nation like the Croats, can serve as strategic partners. This is the extent, scope, and visibility of our strategy. Our strategic partners cannot be distant because they are beyond our reach,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA featured country, not a partner country, because this is not a traditional economic forum, but rather a forum of cooperation, understanding, and dialogue. This mutual focus has, for a long time now, not been a focus through an optical sight \u2013 a means for shooting \u2013 but rather a focus on culture, dialogue, and understanding in a mature phase of Croatian-Hungarian relations. Through all the historical turbulence and misunderstandings, these relations have reached a stage of maturity,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107 in his address, adding that the differences between the two countries are few, primarily interest-based, and resolvable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saying that in the relations between nations, societies, and cultures, such interests have rarely led to conflict or bloodshed, President Milanovi\u0107 explained that \u201cit was unbridled passion, wild ideas, and grand plans for sweeping changes to take effect as early as tomorrow that led to conflict.\u201d He continued, \u201cThat\u2019s why, if I may generalize \u2013 what has always resonated with me in Hungarian culture and psychology is a healthy scepticism toward the world you live in, which doesn\u2019t make you despondent but generally restrains you from reckless emotions and overly ambitious plans.\u201d \u201cWith that minimum of scepticism, only through goodwill and through recognizing, tolerating, and respecting the diversity on which Europe is founded, can Europe become what we all wish it to be: a strategic entity, strategically autonomous \u2013 not loose or distant from its natural partners, but more independent than it is today,\u201d concluded President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to President Milanovi\u0107, the opening speeches were given by the guest of honour of this year\u2019s fair, Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist P\u00e9ter N\u00e1das; the Ambassador of Hungary to the Republic of Croatia, Csaba Demcs\u00e1k; Deputy State Secretary and delegate of the Hungarian Minister of Culture and Innovation, G\u00e1bor Csaba; Mayor of the City of Zagreb, Tomislav Toma\u0161evi\u0107; and the Minister of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Nina Obuljen Kor\u017einek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the opening, President Milanovi\u0107 visited the \u2018Interliber\u2019 exhibitors. The fair featured more than 300 exhibitors from 14 countries, and this year\u2019s featured country, Hungary, is showcased through a literary, artistic, gastronomic, and cultural programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by Zdravko Zima, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic for Culture, and Tomislav Pa\u0161kvalin, Commissioner of the President of the Republic for Sports.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Tomislav Bu\u0161ljeta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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