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Defence minister: Hungary, Croatia defence relations ‘excellent’
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Defence relations between Hungary and Croatia are excellent, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said on Thursday, after meeting Mario Banožić, his Croatian counterpart, in Budapest.
The Hungarian minister called the Headquarters Multinational Division-Centre (HQ MND-C) the two countries had set up in Székesfehérvár, in western Hungary, in 2020, a key element in that cooperation. He noted that Slovakia had joined the HQ MND-C as a “framework nation” in 2021.
Szalay-Bobrovniczky called the three countries a key for NATO’s military command in the region, saying “we know our region best, it is the three nations through which NATO can promote its military interests and command defence operations”.
The Hungarian minister noted that after the outbreak of war in Ukraine NATO had set up a combat unit in Hungary to strengthen its eastern flank. The unit includes 80 Croatian soldiers, of whom 60 are participating in the ongoing Brave Warrior 2022 military exercise at Várpalota which the two ministers would inspect.