Decision on the helicopter procurement of the Hungarian Defence Forces can be taken at the start of the next term of government next year, the Minister of Defence said in the program “Ütköző” of Kossuth Radio on Friday, April 12.
The events that took place in Katyn in 1940 and then in Central Europe are the common history of all European citizens and nations, which show the real face of existing socialism – Tamás Vargha, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence said at a commemoration held for the victims of Katyn in Budapest on Saturday, April 13.
“The affiliated institutions of the Hungarian Defence Forces are working not only on defence industry developments but also on several ones whose use can make the life of the civil population significantly easier” – said Minister of Defence Csaba Hende at a session of the parliamentary ad hoc committee on innovation and development held on Tuesday, April 9.
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.
The international community and the Afghan people both highly appreciate the Hungarian soldiers’ performance, which will be of great weight in considering Hungary’ future role in Afghanistan, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende stated during his tour of inspection at the Hungarian contingents in Afghanistan.
The national flag has been lowered in the camp of the Hungarian Defence Forces Provincial Reconstruction Team and an official farewell ceremony has been held in Mazar-e Sharif. The soldiers of the last PRT rotation are going to return home from Afghanistan this week.
On Monday, March 18 the Hungarian Defence Forces Joint Force Command (HDF JFC) held a farewell ceremony in Székesfehérvár for the Hungarian soldiers to deploy with the European Union Training Mission–Mali (EUTM–Mali) in the Western African country.
On Monday, March 18 State Secretary Tamás Vargha held talks in Ottawa on deepening the Canadian–Hungarian military cooperation. The Hungarian official of the Ministry of Defence met with the two leaders of the Canadian Defence Portfolio and the Chief Reserves and Cadets.
The chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO (COMEDS), LtGen Gérard Nedellec, paid an official visit to Hungary upon invitation of the director of the NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine (MILMED COE) from 11 to 14 March 2013.
The new national military strategy is an important means of renewing the Hungarian Defence Forces – said Minister of Defence Csaba Hende on Thursday, March 7 at a conference held in Budapest. The opening event of the “National Military Strategy Conference Series” announced by the Hungarian Atlantic Council took place at the campus of the National University of Public Service (NUPS) on Hungária Street.