“On Saturday, over a hundred soldiers will be setting out to the Slovakian and Austrian borders, primarily in the interests of reinforcing the border barrier” Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő said on Hír Tv’s “Hungary Live” show on Friday, confirming the statements made at the press conference following the meeting of the Operational Staff.
“Hungarian Defence Force management groups will be appearing at the affected enterprises on Thursday morning”, Minister of Defence and head of the Action Group Responsible for the Security of Vital Hungarian Enterprises set up with relation to the coronavirus epidemic Tibor Benkő announced on Hungarian M1 current affairs television on the evening of Wednesday, 18 March. Mr. Benkő also spoke about the fact that there will be military personnel on the streets beginning on Friday morning.
“The Action Group responsible for the functioning of enterprises that are vital in the epidemic situation has begun operations under the leadership of Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő”, the Ministry’s State Secretary announced on Tuesday in Budapest.
In the field of defence, the United States of America is one of Hungary’s most important strategic partners, said Defence Minister Tibor Benkő who received US Ambassador to Budapest David Cornstein in his office on 12 March.
The document on Hungarian-Polish special operations cooperation was signed on Monday, 24 February by Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő and Polish National Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.
Minster of Defence Tibor Benkő held talks on current defence policy issues and cooperation opportunities involving the defence sectors of the two countries with Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultquist in Stockholm on Wednesday, 19 February. The date of the meeting is important with relation to our bilateral relations in view of the fact that on this same day exactly one hundred years ago in Sweden, Hungarian Ambassador György Barcza presented the note verbale initiating the establishment of diplomatic relations.
The Ministers of Defence of the NATO member states also discussed international terrorism during their recent two-day meeting in Brussels. “Effective action against international terrorism, which also contributes to solving the problems that give rise to illegal migration, is being given priority in Hungary”, the Ministry of Defence’s State Secretary for Defence István Szabó said in a statement on Thursday, 13 February.
“As a result of close inter-governmental and political cooperation that is based on common values, our intention to also develop our relations within the fields of innovation and defence, in addition to education and training cooperation, has been reinforced”, Minister of Defence Dr. Tibor Benkő said on Friday 7 February after receiving Israel’s Ambassador to Budapest Yacov Hadas-Handelsman for an introductory visit.
“The National Security Cabinet has adopted the new National Security Strategy”, Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő announced at his annual year evaluation and task-setting leadership meeting in Budapest on Tuesday. According to the Minister, the development of the military strategy has also begun parallel to this.
“The situation in Iraq is stable, and there is no need to finish the operation or call the troops home”, it was stated at a press conference on the situation of Hungarian soldiers serving in Iraq held on Monday by Hungarian Defence Force leaders and the Minister of Defence.