Minister Szijjártó told the European Humanitarian Forum that the government’s humanitarian strategy was determined by the proximity of the war in Ukraine and Hungary’s over thousand-year Christian statehood.
Minister Szijjártó expressed his sympathies to Turkey over the earthquakes on Feb. 6, which killed over 50,000 people in southeast Turkey and Syria.
Six Hungarian charity organizations have received 3 billion forints (EUR 7.9m) in government support for aid programs for refugees.
The foreign minister said Hungary rushed to the aid of the “brotherly nation” right after the disaster “when the focus was on saving lives”.
The foreign minister said the two smaller and one complex medical unit will be used to treat around 5,000 people in the city of Latakia over the coming weeks.
Several Hungarian charities have offered aid and launched online donation drives to help survivors and families in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria.
Polish Education Minister Przemysław Czarnek thanked Hungary for its contributions to the program.
Hungary is conducting its largest humanitarian aid program of the past 30 years in partnership with six charity organizations since the outbreak of the war in the neighboring country.
Levente Magyar said help is being sent to wherever Hungary’s Ukrainian partners need it.
The Hungarian government is sending disinfectants to the Bisce (Bihács) region in Bosnia-Herzegovina, near the Croatian border, which is especially hard-hit by illegal migration.
The foreign minister noted that Hungary is implementing the largest humanitarian action in its history to help the refugees fleeing the conflict in neighboring Ukraine.
Katalin Novák said that being the president of a neighborly country with Ukraine, peace and stability were crucially important for her.
Hungary has delivered to Jordan medical supplies worth 250 million forints with the aim of improving the healthcare of Christian communities in the country.