Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Armin Papperger, the chief executive of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, in his office on Thursday.
According to MTI, PM Orbán and Papperger agreed that in times of strife and amidst the war in Ukraine, the decision to launch Hungary’s defense industry development program had proved a good one. The prime minister said that defending Hungary was “our most important goal”, adding that the development program must not slow down “despite the crisis caused by the European sanctions”. Cooperation between Rheinmetall and the Hungarian state will continue uninterrupted, he added.