Hungary does not intend to increase its contingent in KFOR
(B2)" Hungary does not have the intention of strengthen the military contingent Hungarian who serves today in KFOR in Kosovo », announced the Minister of the defense, Csaba Hende, Friday (November 14), in Pristina, in front of the hungarian soldiers serving in KFOR. " Your capacity have been increased significantly recently, with 150 additional soldiers » he added on the occasion of this trip intended to visit the Hungarian forces deployed in the Balkans.
Hungary is contributing approximately 350 soldiers to the NATO operation in Kosovo and 150 men to the European operation EUFOR Althea in Bosnia-Herzegovina. A notable effort for the Minister. " Stability in the Western Balkans is in Hungary's national interest ". More than two thirds of the Hungarian personnel deployed in external operations - there are approximately 700 soldiers in OPEX - thus serve in the two countries of the region (NB: Hungary has recognized the independence of Kosovo unlike its two neighbors, Slovak and Romanian).
Other news announced by the Minister, the quota Hungarian serving in Kosovo should also receive soon (in December), 12 vehicles, Type Humvee, refurbished. A remainder of the American army who will give up these all-terrain vehicles armored Asked Hungarian forces. This will increase in a significative way the effectiveness of presence patrols carried out by (our) forces “says the Ministry of Defense.
The Minister's visit continued, Saturday, with the visit of battle group multinational - East (MNBG-E), the forward command post de at the Camp of New Selo, and the camp de Nothing hill, where nshadow of soldiers present have served before in Afghanistan. She was followed, then, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a visit to the camp Butmir, headquarters of the EUFOR Atlhea operation.
(NGV)
