“Walls are covered with mud, buildings, bridges have collapsed, cars and bicycles have been swept everywhere…,” soldiers who have witnessed the catastrophe say.
Minister is with his soldiers.
Minister of Defence Dr Csaba Hende received President of Gorizia Province Italy Enrico Gherghetta in his office on 4th October.
The Operations Centre of HDF organised a ceremonial meeting on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hungarian arms control on the 28th September.
A four-day programme started in Pákozd Military Memorial Park on 25th September. During the events the participants commemorated the heroes of the 1848 Revolution and welcomed the troops of the HDF land forces.
Minister of Defence Dr Csaba Hende received His Excellency Hasan Kemal Gür, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to Hungary for a complimentary meeting on 17th September.
On September the 21st Administrative State Secretary of the MoD Lajos Fodor gave a lecture on the first 100 days of the Ministry of Defence. The State Secretary of the MoD accepted the invitation of MZNDU Security Policy Special College. The event was attracted by great interest.
Nearly one hundred soldiers lined up last Wednesday afternoon at Kecskemét Air Base. The troops in desert combat uniform are about to leave for Afghanistan where they will serve in the staff officer group at Kabul International Airport or as mentors at the NATO ISAF Combat Service Support (CSS) Logistics School. Minister of Defence Dr Csaba Hende said farewell to the troops at the ‘Dezső Szentgyörgyi’ Air Base in Kecskemét.
After twelve years’ pause Hungarian-Polish military ministerial talks were resumed in Budapest on 17th September. During the discussions of Hungarian Defence minister Dr Csaba Hende and Klich Bogdan Polish Minister of Defence bilateral military cooperation, common security and defence policy of the East-Central European region were on the agenda.
Posthumous Second Lieutenant György Kolozsvári, war hero was laid to rest with military honours in Tata, on 4th September.