Defence minister: Strong national army and strong NATO guarantee Hungary’s security
A strong national armed forces and a strong NATO are guarantees for Hungary’s security, the defence minister said in Brussels on Friday, after a meeting of his NATO counterparts.
The meeting was held for the finalisation of NATO’s new draft strategy in preparation for the alliance’s upcoming summit in Vilnius next month, Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky told MTI in a statement.
He said Hungary had performed well in tasks related to NATO’s decision to strengthen its eastern flank, noting the stationing of a multinational taskforce in its territory and the establishment of the Headquarters Multinational Division-Centre’s (HQ MND-C) in Szekesfehervar, in western Hungary.
Hungary, however, has to defend itself against threats the country is facing from the south and from other directions, the minister said, making reference to the wave of migrants coming from the Balkans and the war in neighbouring Ukraine.
Szalay-Bobrovniczky said Hungary’s participation in performing common tasks with the third largest contingent dispatched under the KFOR mission shows the country’s commitment as an ally to NATO.
Concerning future ties between NATO and Ukraine, the defence minister stated Hungary’s continued support to the alliance’s “open door policy”, adding however that “accession of a country standing in war cannot be put on the agenda”. Szalay-Bobrovniczky repeatedly called on Ukraine to meet pledges it made for a future membership with particular regard to minority rights.
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NATO is a military organization that has nothing to do with control of migrants. NATO’s primary purpose has always been collective defence against Russia. There is no other foe that poses any real threat to Europe. That this government and its’ defence minister cannot speak with direct reference about defence against the threat Russia presents and instead talks about migrants and some vague threat to the south is utterly shameful and shows you that they are tied to Putin. Look for it. You will never see anyone in the Fidesz government ever directly say that Russia poses a threat to Hungary and Europe.
I dont know how long will Hungary remain under NATO umbrella. Hungary behaves like true russia ally, perhaps it should deal with russia on it’s own? Wonder if anyone still remembers 1956, or perhaps they actually welcome soviet (russian) occupation.
Anoniem, zijn de moslimextremisten die met tienduizenden in Europa binnenkomen door migratie geen gevaar!? Zij zijn het paard van Troje! In mijn land te Brussel in 2016 twee aanslagen met meer dan 30 doden en honderden gewonden! U bent naïef!!??
Anonymous is delusional if he thinks that illegal migration is not a national security issue and therefore a NATO issue. NATO was created to prevent illegal invasion. Mass migration is an illegal invasion. No one has the right to cross national borders illegally.
NATO has nothing to do with migration. You can call migration a national security issue but it has nothing remotely to do with the use of Article 5 for the protection of fellow members. Each country deals with migrants on its’ own.