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Hungarian FM visits the Hungarian military contingent in Estonia
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The government has approved the Hungarian military’s continued presence in the Baltic region, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after visiting the Hungarian military contingent in Voru, in southeastern Estonia, on Friday.
As we wrote on July, the Hungarian contingent deployed to Estonia to participate in Exercise Training Bridge 2017, with personnel drawn mainly from the HDF 25th Klapka György Infantry Brigade (Tata) .
Tallinn has asked Hungary to use the Amari air base as the base of its NATO Baltic airspace protection mission, Szijjártó told MTI over the phone.
The 124-strong Hungarian contingent stationed in Estonia as part of NATO’s enhanced presence in the region is the first Hungarian Armed Forces unit to serve in the Baltic state, he said.
The Visegrad Group countries agreed last year to rotate their countries’ military presence in the region every three months, each supplying a company of troops, the minister said. The Hungarian contingent’s mission will consist of carrying out military exercises and training duties, he added.