Laying flowers on the monument to the victims of events in 1956, the eternal flame of the revolution.
Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany also took part in the ceremony.
The black granite monument was erected in 1996 in Kossuth square in front of the parliament building at the initiative of former Hungarian President Arpad Goencz. An eternal flame burns at the top of the monument.
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Official Visit to Hungary
February 28 − March 1, 2006