Minister of Defence Csaba Hende and Irakli Alasania, the Defence Minister of Georgia signed a bilateral memorandum on general military cooperation in Budapest on April 4.

At a press conference following the signing of the document, Csaba Hende talked about the potential specific areas of cooperation, mentioning among others arms control, military exercises, air surveillance, military medicine, military geography, meteorology and topography, defence planning, information security systems, peacekeeping operations as well as military training and education.

The Hungarian Minister of Defence pointed out that the ministerial order, which includes the cooperation plan for this year, first of all decrees the strengthening of cooperation in the area of operations and the conclusion of agreements on this matter with the United States, Germany, Sweden and Slovenia. Besides, in addition to Georgia the Ministry of Defence is planning to sign further agreements on cooperation with Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as well.

Irakli Alasania pointed out that Georgia’s declared goals include the accession to the European Union and NATO, and that his country considers Hungary a strong partner in achieving these goals. As an exemplary cooperation, he referred to the joint work done by the two nations’ troops in Afghanistan, and thanked Hungary for being one of the strongest supporters of maintaining Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, among others.

(Ministry of Defence)