“We just had a historic meeting with Abdul Latif Rashid, President of Iraq, as no Hungarian President has ever visited Baghdad before. We both agreed that international terrorism is our...
Tristan Azbej said the aid Hungary provides covers both the protection of human life and restarting the local economies.
Tristan Azbej said the US looked to the Hungary Helps scheme as an example when launching its aid program for persecuted Christians.
The prime minister said a high-ranking officer has arrived in Iraq and is now in command of the Hungarian mission.
HIA said its three Hungarian and 20 local employees are safe and their safety was its priority, but the organization intends to maintain its programs helping thousands of families in the Middle East.
Sándor Farkas confirmed that Hungarian troops are ready to fulfil their duties in Iraq and are ready to react to unexpected events.
The Hungarian Defense Ministry and the heads of the armed forces are closely monitoring the “difficult situation” in the Middle East.
The defense ministry said their experts will continue to analyze the situation with a view to guaranteeing the security of Hungarian soldiers.
The construction of a school in Mosul, in the independent Kurdish region of Iraq, is underway thanks to the Hungarian government and the Hungary Helps scheme.
Tristan Azbej, state secretary in charge of the Hungary Helps program, attended the inauguration of the church built in Iraqi Kurdistan with assistance from the Hungarian government’s scheme
Hungary will station 200 soldiers – or 400 during the replacement period – in Iraq. They will carry out military assistance and advisory tasks alongside training and defense duties
The Hungarian government has issued a decree with the aim of helping persecuted Christian families stay in, or return to, their homelands in the Middle East. In total, 580 million HUF (1.9m EUR) has been set aside to restore the houses in Telskuf
The Hungarian government hopes the provision of aid bears the message that “we are aware of the suffering that people living in the Middle East are having to endure, and especially Christians"