Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó is heading the Hungarian delegation at a two-day Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence that started on Tuesday, 14 June in Brussels.
Photo::Nikolett Okosi
On the margins of the NATO meeting, the Defence Ministers of the Visegrád Cooperation held a separate session with the Baltic allies, i.e. their Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian counterparts. Due to the crisis in Ukraine, the security situation of the eastern NATO member states has significantly deteriorated. In this situation, on account of their similar historical fate and experiences, the V4 countries attach outstanding importance to allied solidarity, and wish to make practical contributions to guaranteeing the security of the three allies in the Baltic region.
Speaking about the results of the talks, Dr. István Simicskó said that the Visegrád countries had reached an agreement on declaring a company-sized military force to NATO for deployment in the Baltic countries in 2017. The Czech, Polish, Hungarian and Slovakian detachments will deploy on a rotational basis every three months, and hold combined training events together with the designated military units of the Baltic allies. (Ministry of Defence)
