The Foreign Ministry made that remark on its X profile and congratulated the people and Government of Hungary on its national holiday.

March 15 marks the beginning of the Hungarian Revolution in 1848 and the war of independence against the Austrians.

Cuba and Hungary established diplomatic relations in Havana on September 15, 1960, when the then head of Cuban diplomacy, Raul Roa; Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, and other Cuban leaders met with a Hungarian delegation.

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