According to the Prime Minister’s Chief Security Advisor, the security fence constructed along the Hungarian border may have helped the later agreement between the European Union and Turkey.

Speaking on Hungarian M1 television’s Saturday evening current affairs program, György Bakondi said the construction of the fence was a successful move from the point of view of border protection in view of the fact that migrants had been arriving continuously prior to its construction, but the fence had stopped their flow.

Mr. Bankondi said the fence has also helped improve people’s sense of security, since that begins with suitable border protection. There is no such thing as one hundred percent protection, but the Hungarian authorities are doing everything possible to assure the country’s security, he added.

He noted, however, that as a member of the European Union and NATO, Hungary is part of the fight against terrorism and so could potentially be targeted at any time, but that a “sick mind” will decide on where the terrorists will strike next against the nations of Europe.

(Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI)