Hungarian–Jordanian military cooperation is strengthening in line with NATO’s objectives

Chief of HDF Defence Staff visits Jordan – defence partnership to be taken to the next level

Text: HDF Defence Staff | Photo: Embassy of Hungary, Amman | 11:37 November 6, 2025

In the spirit of deepening Hungarian–Jordanian military-to-military relations, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff paid a two-day official visit to Amman. The development of bilateral cooperation plays a key role in serving Hungary’s defence interests, and is in harmony with NATO’s regional objectives and its strengthening bilateral partnership-building processes – declared, on Wednesday, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, who was also received at an audience by King Abdullah II of Jordan.

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At the beginning of the visit, the Chief of Defence held a closed-door meeting with General Yousef al-Huneiti, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF), and then the hosts outlined the capabilities of the JAF at professional lectures. The topics of the discussions included the possibility of exchanging lessons learned in the field of UAV development, the expansion of cooperation in peace missions and the implementation of joint Special Operations Forces (SOF) training programs.

The Hungarian delegation visited, among others, the base of the Jordanian Special Operations Forces (JORSOF) and the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre (KASOTC), and then visited a regional center for the development of counter-drone systems.

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The Chief of Defence’s reception by King Abdullah II was an outstanding event of the visit. At their meeting, they reaffirmed that the defence cooperation between the two countries has strategic significance, and is expected to further strengthen in the long term. The discussions and the top-level reception both signal that Hungary plays an active role in the alliance force field monitoring and shaping the stability of the Middle East.

Jordan is an key reliable partner of Hungary in the region of the Middle East. The foundation for the defence cooperation between the two countries was laid by the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Budapest in 2017, which enabled professional networking in the fields of military training, SOF cooperation, defence industry, human resource preparation and cooperation in peace missions. In recent years, Jordanians mainly attended courses in Hungary.

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Jordan is a partner with increasing significance in the NATO Alliance system. The country is at once affected by the impacts of conflicts in Syria and Iraq, as it has received more than one million Syrian refugees, while close to half of its population consists of Palestinian refugees and their descendants. For this reason, Jordan has a high stake in regional stability, so its objective is to prevent the escalation of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

As a result of NATO’s Defence Capacity Building (DCB) Initiative, the development of border security, crisis management, civil preparedness and English language capacity gathered pace in Jordan in 2024. From the Hungarian Defence Forces’ point of view, the opening of a new NATO Liaison Office (NLO) in Amman on 16 September 2025 may further strengthen the system of relations with Jordan.