Hungarian and Ukrainian Defence Ministers met in Budapest

Hungarian Defence Minister Tibor Benkő discussed regional security and military cooperation, among other issues, with Oleksii Reznikov, his Ukrainian counterpart, in Budapest on Tuesday.

The meeting also touched on the situation of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region, according to the article published on the Armed Forces’ website honvedelem.hu. Benkő said

Hungary considered all forms of aggression “unacceptable” and urged dialogue and political solutions.

Parties at the talks also discussed threats to Europe’s security that also impact the central and eastern European region. They were in agreement that the stability of the Western Balkan region and the factors impacting it, such as mass illegal migration, have a strong effect on Hungary’s security.

Reznikov briefed Benkő about the threats Ukraine has encountered on its border, such as the build-up of troops on the east and illegal migration.