• Coronavirus in Hungary
  • coronavirus
  • Budapest
  • Covid immunity certificate in Hungary
  • Covid immunity certificate/vaccine passport
  • Hungary border control
  • HelloMagyar
Defence minister: Hungary to increase role in peacekeepingDefence minister: Hungary to increase role in peacekeepingDefence minister: Hungary to increase role in peacekeepingDefence minister: Hungary to increase role in peacekeeping
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Society
  • Sport
  • Culture
  • Special Hungary
  • News To Go
  • World
  • Contact Us
  • About us
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
✕
Support us
Alexandra Béni Alexandra Béni · 01/04/2019
· Politics

Defence minister: Hungary to increase role in peacekeeping

Hungary military NATO terrorism United Nations
soldier weapon military

Hungary is committed to peacekeeping missions in conflict zones and fighting terrorism, and its government decided in January to raise the number of Hungarian troops in UN missions to 1,200 from 1,000, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő told a meeting of UN defence ministers in New York on Saturday.

The meeting, attended by representatives of 153 member states, focused on peacekeeping and development.

On the sidelines of the talks, Benkő met Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist, with whom he discussed experiences in operating Gripen aircraft and Hungary’s air defence mission in the Baltic states, due to start in May.

Benkő also met Irish state secretary Paul Kehoe to discuss Hungarian troops joining a UN peacekeeping unit under Irish command in Lebanon.

During his four-day visit, Benkő held meetings with NATO General Andre Lanata, US Congressman Steve Stivers, General Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and representatives of the Hungarian diaspora.

Source: MTI

Hungary military NATO terrorism United Nations
Share
Alexandra Béni
Alexandra Béni

Related posts

hidvéghi balázs fidesz mep
06/07/2022

Fidesz MEP: grant Bosnia-Herzegovina EU candidate member status ‘now’


Read more
judit varga justice minister hungary
06/07/2022

Hungarian Justice Minister: families in focus of consumer protection policy


Read more
Szijjártó
06/07/2022

Foreign minister Szijjártó hails post-Brexit Hungary-UK cooperation


Read more

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

SUPPORT US

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to receive daily updates, news & stories about Hungary!

Select your location below or enter your country so we can deliver our morning newsletters to you in time.


Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.


.


Latest news
  • Looking to buy a cheap holiday home in Hungary? Have a look here! – PHOTOS
  • Another bear sighting in Hungary!
  • Breaking: EUR/HUF 410, USD/HUF 400, new historical lows
  • Bad news: number of coronavirus cases increase in Hungary

About us

Contact us

© 2022 DailyNewsHungary. All rights reserved!
Posting....