Sixty-nine reservists have entered into service at the barracks of HDF12th Arrabona Anti Aircraft Missile Regiment.
Heads of state and government, actors and sportsmen have travelled to Afghanistan to visit the troops from their homeland recently.
Minister of Defence travelled to Afghanistan to visit the Hungarian soldiers on mission and conduct talks with the Provincial Governor.
Ten new American Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles are to be delivered to the HDF shortly. The new MRAPs to be used in Afghanistan are effective against roadside bomb attacks, Minister of Defence said.
Dr Zoltán József Tóth, Deputy State Secretary for Legal Affairs and Administration, MoD and Major General József Kovács, Commander of HDF Joint Force Command paid a four-day visit to the Hungarian Contingent of HDF UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus on 9 December. The delegation was received by Rear Admiral Mario Sánchez Debernardi, Commander of UNFICYP.
A delegation headed by Administrative State Secretary Lajos Fodor visited the troops stationed in the Balkans from 14 to 17 December. During his stay Lajos Fodor had talks with Deputy Minister of Defence of Bosnia Herzegovina Mrs Marina Pendes and met the Commander of Sarajevo EUFOR HQ and the Multinational Battle Group-West.
Minister of Defence of the Hungarian Republic Dr Csaba Hende participated in the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU in Brussels on 9 December.
The troops stationed at Camp Nothing Hill were visited by Colonel Carlo Emiliani, the newly appointed Commander of the Multinational Battle Group-West, MNBG-W, Lieutenant Colonel Boris Rutar, Deputy Commander of MNBG-W and Lieutenant Colonel Angelo Del Lungo, Commander of the Italian manoeuvre company.
Minister of Defence Dr Csaba Hende paid a few-hour official visit to Berlin where he had talks with the Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany Dr Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg on 7 December.
General Hakan Syren, the Chairman of the EU Military Committee paid an official visit to Budapest on December 6. He was received with military honours. Then he laid his wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Heroes’ Square.