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Hungarian and French FMs discuss military support in Africa to stop migration
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Hungary is ready to increase its contribution to ensuring security in Africa, since curbing the threat of terrorism there would also ease the migration pressure on Europe, Foreign Minister Pรฉter Szijjรกrtรณ said on Friday, after meeting his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian in Budapest.
There is a 20-strong Hungarian contingent serving in the EUโs training mission in Mali, Szijjรกrtรณ told a joint press conference. Hungary is ready to increase that number four-fold by sending troops to serve in Task Force Takuba, the EU unit supporting the countryโs army, he said. The government will soon ask for parliamentโs approval on that scheme, Szijjรกrtรณ added.
Although Hungary and France donโt always see eye to eye on European issues, they successfully cooperate on others, he said.
One such area is ensuring the security of European citizens, especially after the โAfghanistan failureโ has increased the threat of growing migration, Szijjรกrtรณ said.
One way to ease the migration pressure on the EU in the near future is to curb the terror threat in the Sahel region, he said.
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