500 Hungarian troops to leave for Iraq and Kosovo missions

According to kormany.hu, Minister of Defence István Simicskó has bidden farewell in Tata to close to 500 Hungarian troops to deploy with foreign missions, and presented the personnel serving at the borders with Service Medals for Handling the Migration Crisis.

While addressing the contingents to leave for Iraq and Kosovo, the minister of defence stated that the tasks the Hungarian soldiers are executing along the borders or in foreign missions serve the security of the Hungarian society, the Hungarian nation.

Speaking about the security situation, Mr. Simicskó called it peculiar because alongside the presence of conventional military challenges, a number of new threats are also emerging in the world, as international terrorism has never before been as widespread as it is today.

He emphasized that the Hungarians want stability and peace “for our nation and for Europe”. He pointed out that “we are fighting for this cause”, and that’s why Hungarian troops are being deployed around the world to participate in eliminating security risks, and they are protecting Hungary’s borders as well.

The minister noted that these days the military profession is becoming more and more important, since Hungary is facing a concrete threat. “We know and see that illegal mass migration increases the terrorist threat level of our civilian world whereas it threatens and undermines the security of the home front”, he said, adding that the military, the police, the secret services and all peace-loving people must respond to this threat. He stated that we must prevent it from happening that civilians, innocent people, women and children die due to meaningless acts of terror.