Official: Hungary committed to coalition against Islamic State

After a meeting of the international coalition against the Islamic State held at the US State Department, a government official underlined the need to support Iraq and its wider region against terrorism “related to uncontrolled migration”.

Though the 87-country coalition formed 10 years ago has established that IS is no longer a force of power in Iraq, terrorist groups allied to it are still present in a wider geographical area, mainly in the Middle East and Africa, Péter Sztáray, the foreign ministry state secretary for security and energy policy, told MTI in Washington, DC.

The Iraqi government has said the country still requires international presence, he said, noting that coalition countries will maintain one in some form. Hungarian soldiers are still on the ground in Iraq.

Leaders coalition delegations pledged to aim to raise 394 million US dollars for areas previously liberated from IS in Iraq and Syria, and more than 200 million dollars has already been raised in pledges. At the same time, they issued a statement underlining their commitment to eradicating IS wherever it operates.

He noted that Hungary is launching cooperation with Chad, including humanitarian, economic, and security elements, to contribute to efforts to shore up security and combat migration.

Meanwhile, Sztáray said the 2015 migration wave had proved Hungary right that the uncontrolled influx of migrants undermined European security.

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