2012-09-25 10:42

Hungarian Prime Minister to take away copy of St. Stephen statuette from Lithuania

Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius presented a copy of the statuette of St Stephen, Hungary's first king, standing in the town of Kamajai, Rokiškis District in northeastern Lithuania, as a present to visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Vengrijos premjeras Viktoras Orbanas ir Lietuvos premjeras Andrius Kubilius
Hungary's PM Viktor Orban and Liuthuania's Andrius Kubilius / Tomo Urbelionio/BFL nuotr.

The present was given at a dinner on the occasion of Orban's official visit on Monday evening in Vilnius.

"This present is a small part of a great cultural heritage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, scattered over Lithuanian towns and cities. Like an old mirror at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, it reflects our state's long-term links to the Christian Europe and our cultural identity," the prime minister said.

The statuette is an exact copy of the statuette, dated from the 18th century which emerged at Kamajai Church under mysterious circumstances still unknown to heritage specialists, Laimonas Talat-Kelpša, the prime minister's adviser, told BNS.

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