Hungarian delegation engages in strategic partnership talks in Chad

The foreign ministry said on Monday that a Hungarian delegation will be in N’Djamena, Chad, in the upcoming days to discuss the details of and the Hungarian government’s comprehensive role in the strategic partnership both sides signed in September.

The statement said the delegation is led by ministerial commissioner Laszlo Mathe and includes representatives of the Hungary Helps programme, the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), and the Hungarian armed forces.

The Hungarian government recognised in good time that the development, peace, and stability of Africa are key interests of Hungary and Europe as a whole. Illegal migration from the south supported by terrorists was one of the biggest security threats facing Europe, it added.

“From Hungary, we’re concerned to see the global spread of terrorist organisations, and this danger especially affects Africa, including the Sahel,” the ministry said.

The statement said it is important to handle problems at their origin. Migration cannot be stopped without cooperation with the Sahel, it added.

The ministry said Hungary is carrying out humanitarian development while offering support for peace and launching programmes that strengthen the stability of this region of Africa, with the aim of helping people stay in their place of birth.

It added that Hungary and Chad want to take concerted action against terrorism, and the strategic partnership agreement signed on September 9 serves this aim.

The common interests of Europe and the Sahel are also promoted under the arrangements of Hungary’s EU presidency, which is prioritizing the issue, encouraging all member states to get involved in humanitarian activities in the region. The Hungarian government has prompted the EU to transfer 14 million euros to develop Chad’s defence capacities from the European Peace Facility.

The Hungarian government is working on developing the diplomatic representation office in N’Djamena to the rank of an embassy to strengthen the efforts, the statement said.

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