"Practically the same war atmosphere persists today as in the last year and a half," he stressed, saying, "the facts don't seem to bother anyone, subsequently no one wants to rethink the existing strategy despite its track record of failure in this period."
He also touched on Ukraine's accession to NATO and welcomed the consensus that such a move is currently unthinkable, as it would entail the risk of triggering a third World War.
Regarding the challenges in the South, and migration and terrorism forming a kind of vicious circle in which the latter is both a root cause, as well as a consequence of the former, he emphasized that NATO should focus attention on the South as well as the East, and take decisive action against terrorism and also support the maintenance of stability in Africa and the Middle East.
Hungary is therefore deploying soldiers to Chad, as well as providing financial support to Jordan, Tunisia, Mauritania and Iraq totaling half a million dollars.
Finally, he announced that Hungary already this year fulfilled the objective of the defense budget reaching 2 percent of GDP, as required by NATO member states by 2024. Eleven countries out of the thirty-one in the alliance currently meet this obligation, and in addition, 750 Hungarian soldiers are serving in foreign missions, and another 860 are on standby, while serious defense industry investments are taking place in the country.
As for the question of who is a reliable ally and who is loyal to NATO, then I think that the most important thing to look at is the fulfillment of commitments (...) Hungary is certainly among the particularly well-performing countries,
he concluded.
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