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Podžić-Posa: Defense cooperation between BiH and Hungary intense and successful

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, February 3 (FENA) - BiH Defense Minister Sifet Podžić received Hungarian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Krisztian Posa to discuss bilateral defense cooperation and current issues relevant to initiating positive processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

Podžić thanked Posa for his visit, as well as Hungary's support for peace-building and reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He thanked in particular for the contribution of the Hungarian Multinational Battalion contingent within EUFOR to the extraction of parts of the Old Bridge in Mostar during its reconstruction, as well as to the assistance of the BiH Armed Forces Training Centers and to support the deployment of excess military personnel in the establishment of unified BiH Armed Forces.

Minister Podžić briefed the Hungarian Ambassador on some of the priorities of the BiH Ministry of Defense, highlighting activities on the implementation of tasks stemming from the document "BiH Reform Program", which was agreed at the level of the BiH Presidency, the implementation of the objectives of the "Defense Review" document from 2016, as well as activities to modernize the BiH AF and achieve as much interoperability as possible with the EU and NATO forces.

BiH Defense Minister stressed the need to develop positive processes in BiH that are crucial for young people to remain and for the better life of all citizens.

Ambassador Posa assessed the cooperation between Hungary and BiH in the area of defense as intense and very successful, stressing that the two countries have no open issues. He also reiterated Hungary's commitment to continue supporting BiH's accession to European and Euro-Atlantic integration processes, saying that sending the "BiH Reform Program" is a successful project, BiH Ministry of Defense stated.

(FENA) A. B.

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