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The capabilities of the military must be upgraded from a tactical to an operational level, Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky told journalists on Tuesday.
The minister was speaking to the press on the sidelines of the parliamentary hearing of Lieutenant General Gábor Böröndi, who has been nominated as the next Commander of the Hungarian Armed Forces, MTI reports.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said both he and the government were expecting a protracted war in Ukraine. The Hungarian government is in favor of a ceasefire and peace, but the country, in a military sense, must be prepared for a protracted conflict on Europe’s eastern border, he added.
The Hungarian Armed Forces, as a member of NATO, must put its new equipment into service, develop new combat procedures, as well as a new organizational culture on its way to reaching a new state of combat readiness, Szalay-Bobrovniczky said.
The minister thanked Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, who last week was relieved of his duties as Commander of the Hungarian Armed Forces, for his work, saying he had put the military “on a new path” over the last two years. Meanwhile, he underlined Böröndi’s “outstanding” military career, noting he had served as deputy army commander and most recently had represented Hungary in NATO.
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