“By now it has become clear that cooperation and mutual support enable the central European countries to provide a more peaceful and better life for their citizens,” he said.

“This is what multiplies their strengths and the voice of central European nations, even in Brussels.”

Orbán said the Hungarian government is supporting further soccer academies in neighbouring countries, for instance in Mukachevo (Munkács) in Ukraine, Sfântu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy) in Romania, Osijek (Eszék) in Croatia, Lendava (Lendva) in Slovenia, as well as Rimskava Sobota (Rimaszombat) and Komarno (Komárno) in Slovakia.

MTI Photo: Koszticsák Szilárd