Interior Minister: Hungary, US cooperation in internal security excellent

Washington, DC, October 4 (MTI) – Cooperation in internal security affairs between Hungary and the United States is “excellent”, Sándor Pintér, Hungary’s interior minister, said late on Monday in Washington, DC, after talks with Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security.

The two officials signed an agreement on cooperation between the United States and Hungary on combatting terrorism as part of the minister’s two-day visit.

Key areas of cooperation include making it harder for foreign terrorist militants to move around and intensifying terrorism surveillance, Pintér told MTI’s Washington correspondent.

Cooperation will also cover several other major areas of security, including orgnanised crime, the minister said.

Pintér noted that this recent agreement aims to renew similar cooperation between Hungary and the US, and to exploit new channels of communication to allow rapid communication exchanges.

Highlighting the most significant aspect of the agreement, Pintér said the immediate exchange of information would help the authorities detect terrorists and terrorist acts.