FM: Hungary Will Build Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Chad

"Hungary is building a comprehensive strategic partnership with Chad encompassing the areas of defence, the economy and education, which will strengthen the country's stabilizing role in the Sahel," Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said, according to a ministry statement.

Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto and Chadian FM Abderaman Koulamallah (Source: Facebook)

He said that under their defence cooperation pact, Hungary and Chad will work to ensure that their exchanges of knowledge and experiences can contribute to the success of the fight against terrorism.

The threat posed by international terrorism is growing, (...) gravely increasingly the threat of illegal migration, so in order to curb these two very dangerous phenomena, we are also building the defence pillar of our cooperation, together,

– he explained. 

Eventually, FM Szijjarto also mentioned that Hungary will offer university scholarships to 25 Chadian students each year, something he described as important in terms of developing inter-personal ties.

And, in order to make our personal presence as effective as possible, we have decided to upgrade our diplomatic representation in N'djamena to an embassy (...) This will help us develop the economic, educational and military cooperation pillars of our strategic partnership as effectively as possible,

– Hungary's foreign minister stated.

Cover photo: FM Peter Szijjarto of Hungary, and FM Abderrahman Kulamallah of Chad (Source: Facebook)