Hungarian President of the Republic, András Baka paid his respects at the memorial site for the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, the president's office said on Saturday.
September 11, 2001, was indisputably a turning point for the entire world, whether in terms of the economy, politics, or diplomacy. Above all, however, it was an unfathomable tragedy for the nearly 3,000 victims and their families and communities, the office said.
"One of the most significant motifs of the Ground Zero memorial in New York is absence. The empty space where the Twin Towers once stood and the names of the victims encircling the two bronze rims serve as a reminder of who and what families, communities, and nations lost – while also standing as a moving memento of the absence of peace," the statement pointed out.
"It symbolizes how human will, reaching toward the heavens, can be destroyed in an instant by that very same human will, thereby reminding us that we alone bear responsibility for the peace of our own world," it added.
Baka gave a speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, and on Friday, he held consultations with leaders of local, American, and global Jewish organizations.
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