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Gasparovic: Revision of Trianon Dangerous and Unacceptable
Monday 31 May 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, May 31 (TASR) - The Treaty of Trianon is of historical significance for Slovakia, as it is the first document confirming the firm resolution of Slovaks to live in a new administrative unit that emerged from the erstwhile Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, reads a declaration by Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic released on Monday to mark the 90th anniversary of signing the treaty on June 4.
"Appeals for revision of Trianon, erecting anti-Trianon memorials and calls for revision of borders in Central Europe through new political tools is viewed by us as anachronistic, dangerous and generally unacceptable in the conditions of an integrating Europe in the 21st century," declared the Slovak president.
He added that such conduct also violates both the letter and the spirit of the Paris Peace Treaties (1947) that confirmed the results of Trianon. "Slovakia decisively rejects such activities," he emphasised.
Gasparovic noted that the vision of the European integration and relations between countries is based on universal principles held by EU-member countries, i.e. mutual respect, respect for the law, sovereignty and the integrity of states, the principle of resolving disputes by dialogue, and respect for individual rights and solidarity.
The declaration further reads that the birth of Czechoslovakia (1918) and its existence is still being considered to stem from the right to self-determination encompassed in U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's vision of modern international relations, which was also legally evinced by the Versailles system of treaties in 1919.
The Treaty of Trianon "is one of the most significant historical pillars in building the independent Slovakia and a stable and peaceful Central Europe. The Treaty of Trianon is a valid international document that was voluntarily signed by all sides concerned (including Hungary), and as such it requires observance of its goals and consequences rather than challenging them," said Gasparovic.
[Under the Treaty of Trianon, Hungary was deprived of over 72 percent of the territory it had previously controlled as the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1938-40 as Hitler's ally, Hungary recovered part of the territories lost by Trianon via the Vienna Arbitration. After WWII, under the Paris Peace Treaties, Hungary was again reduced to roughly the same territory as in 1920, however. - ed. note.]
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