Hungary’s defence minister observes military exercise in Austria
Allentsteig, 2017. szeptember 15. A Honvédelmi Minisztérium (HM) által közreadott képen Simicskó István honvédelmi miniszter (b3) és Hans Peter Doskozil osztrák védelmi miniszter (j4) a Közép-európai Védelmi Együttmûködés keretében tartott hadgyakorlaton az alsó-ausztriai Allentsteig gyakorlóterén a manõverek zárónapján, 2017. szeptember 15-én. A Szövetkezés a Biztonságra (COOPSEC) 17 fedõnevû határvédelmi gyakorlaton 2360 osztrák, magyar és cseh katona vett részt. MTI Fotó: HM/Dévényi Veronika
Hungarian Defence Minister István Simicskó observed operations held as part of a regional border protection military exercise near Allentsteig, in northern Austria, on Friday.
The week-long COOPSEC17 exercise organised under the Central European Defence Cooperation programme involved 2,360 troops from Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia attended the event as observers.
Speaking to MTI by phone, Simicskó said the exercise was an excellent opportunity for Hungarian troops to share their experience gained in border protection midst the migrant crisis over the past two years.
He said that as the current president of the Visegrad Four grouping, Hungary aims to organise several similar exercises.
“It is important to show to the EU, Brussels and western Europe how effective our cooperation can be,” he said.
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