“The border protection system functioned well in the small hours of Tuesday morning, when illegal immigrants attempted to break through the Hungarian border at Röszke”, Minister of Interior Sándor Pintér said in assessment at a press conference in Budapest following a session of the Migration Working Group with the participation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő received Sweden’s Ambassador to Budapest Dag Hartelius in his office on Tuesday, 28 January.
“Migration pressure on the southern border is increasing, and accordingly border protection has also been reinforced with the patrol boat of the Hungarian Defence Force”, Deputy Defence Minister and the Ministry of Defence’s Parliamentary State Secretary Szilárd Németh said at a press conference in Szeged on 20 January.
From Hungary’s point of view, it is of the utmost importance that, even after its departure from the European Union, the United Kingdom will remain committed to Europe’s security, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő stated, after he received British Ambassador to Budapest Iain Lindsay in his office on 16 January, Thursday.
“Migration pressure is steadily increasing, and for this reason we are increasing the Hungarian Defence Force presence on the southern border”, Deputy Defence Minister and the Ministry’s Parliamentary State Secretary Szilárd Németh announced at a press conference on Sunday in Madaras.
The Ministry of Defence will have a total budget of HUF 616 billion next year, Parliamentary State Secretary Szilárd Németh announced at a press conference held in the Ministry of Defence on 18 December.
In addition to the renewed increase in migration pressure in the Western Balkans, current NATO and European Union security policy issues and the military memorial in Nova Gorica were also on the agenda at Thursday’s meeting between Tibor Benkő and Slovenian Defence Minister Karl Erjavec.
On 10 December, President of the Republic János Áder paid a visit to the KFOR Pristina Headquarters and the KFOR Contingent of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The Hungarian President of the Republic thanked the Hungarian soldiers for their service, and wished them an eventless and peaceful time for the upcoming Christmas period.
One of the reasons why there is peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina is that you are here, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő told members of the Hungarian contingent on 9 December, Monday in Camp Butmir in Sarajevo. During the visit, the Minister had talks with the commanders of Operation Eufor Althea and NATO Headquarters Sarajevo (NHQ SA).
In view of the continuously increasing migration pressure, State Secretary for Parliamentary Afffairs Szilárd Németh from the Ministry of Defence has convened a session of the Fidesz parliamentary group’s anti-immigration cabinet. At a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday, the government party politician heading the body called the migration situation that has developed on the country’s southern border and in the Western Balkans very serious, dangerous, and a warning to everyone.