Lajos Szabó
The Hungarian-Egyptian Joint Military Committee held its third meeting in Budapest
10:34 September 26, 2025
The future prospects of our defense relations and the mutual assessment of our successfully delivered military programmes over the past year constituted the main topics for discussion at the third meeting of the Hungarian-Egyptian Joint Military Committee (MJC) organized in Budapest on September 24-25. The Hungarian delegation at the committee meeting was led by Colonel István Hajnal, Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense, whilst the Egyptian military delegation was led by Brigadier General Sameeh Yahia Hamed Khodier, Egyptian Co-Chair of the MJC.
From Bangladesh to Budapest
13:53 September 8, 2025
On 3 September, a study group of the General Staff Course of the National Defence College, Dhaka attended informative lectures at the Ministry of Defence in Budapest. The students enrolled on the general staff course have arrived in the capital of Hungary from Berlin, the previous leg of their study tour. The 30+-member delegation was welcomed by Brigadier General Zoltán Berec, Chief of the HDF Defence Staff Force Planning Directorate.
Adaptive Hussars 2025 and defence plans in focus
12:52 September 3, 2025
General Ingo Gerhartz, Commander, NATO Allied Joint Force Command – Brunssum received information about the national defence Exercise Adaptive Hussars 2025 and asked General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff to share the lessons learned. At the meeting of military leaders held in Budapest, the delegations also reviewed the Hungarian contribution to NATO’s defence plans as well as the national defence and capability development plans.
Military diplomacy recognition
11:05 July 30, 2025
On the occasion of completing her military diplomacy service in Hungary, Minister of Defence of Hungary Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky awarded the “Service Medal for Military Diplomacy” to Colonel Feride Tosun, the military attaché of Türkiye accredited to Budapest. The decoration was presented to the colonel by MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy László Hajnik in the Ministry of Defence on 25 July.
Showing interest in our lessons learned about the Lynx
11:02 March 14, 2025
Experts of the Italian armed forces recently visited Hungary to collect lessons learned in the procurement and operation of Lynx infantry fighting vehicles (IFV). Their visit is a part of the cooperation agreed on last year by Lieutenant General Ferenc Kajári, Deputy Chief of the HDF Defence Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Italian Army.
The Security of Our Region is a Common Cause
11:51 February 25, 2025
“Strengthening military relations and constantly developing interoperability between the two countries’ armed forces is of strategic importance for both countries”, said László Hajnik, MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy, after the discussion with Defence Policy Director Nikolina Volf, Head of the Sector for Defence Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia.
American cooperation
09:58 August 24, 2023
Lt. Gen. John S. Kolasheski, Commander of the United States V Corps, paid an official visit to the Ministry of Defence of Hungary on Tuesday, 22nd August.