Hungarian-Turkish scientific, innovation year launches with defence innovation programmes

Hungary and Türkiye are ramping up their strategic partnership in defence innovation dating from 2023, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said in Ankara on Monday, after the first meeting of the Hungarian-Turkish working group for defence innovation.

Szalay-Bobrovniczky and Mehment Fatih Kacir, Türkiye’s minister for industry and technology, jointly opened the new phase of cooperation in Ankara. In his speech, Szalay-Bobrovniczky said sharing new technologies and solutions opened new opportunities in defence cooperation. Multiyear cooperation is also planned between the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye and Hungary’s Defence Innovation Defence Research Centre, aiming to promote new opportunities in education and development, he said. “We are open to deepening cooperation to satisfy the short-term needs of the Hungarian Armed Forces as well as ensuring long-term opportunities for R and D,” he said.

Also meeting counterpart Yasar Guler, Szalay-Bobrovniczky afterwards called Türkiye a partner and “an especially important ally” within NATO. “Our countries are working together on important issues such as the Headquarters Multinational Division Centre (HQ MND-C), which is nearing full operations, and NATO’s Forward Land Force (FLF) in Hungary,” he said. “Meanwhile, Hungary and Türkiye are using every means at their disposal to ensure the stability of the Western Balkans. Our efforts are shown by the fact that our troops serve together in NATO’s Kosovo and the European Union’s Bosnia mission,” he said. Hungary also appreciates Türkiye’s efforts to combat terrorism, he said, adding that this was vital to maintaining regional stability and European security.

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