Hungary & USA sign defence cooperation pact
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Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan signed a defence cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the celebrations of NATO’s 70th anniversary.
Bilateral defence cooperation will be further boosted by the agreement, Szijjártó said after the signing in Washington, DC on Thursday.
He noted that alongside NATO’s 70th anniversary, the 20th anniversary of Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic’s accession to the alliance is also being celebrated this year.
Hungary is proud to have contributed to the success of the alliance as a reliable partner of both NATO and the US, Szijjártó said.
Hungary has always done its utmost to contribute to the fight against terrorism, Szijjártó said, noting an earlier decision to raise the number of Hungarian troops combatting terror by 200. Fully 130 soldiers will be deployed to Kosovo, raising the headcount of Hungarian troops there to above 500, and 70 to Afghanistan. The number of Hungarians serving in Afghanistan will now exceed 1,200, he noted.