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The role of the Sahel region in Africa is becoming increasingly important in humanitarian, migration, security, and foreign economic terms. The Hungarian government is therefore placing increasing emphasis on strengthening its political presence in the region, Tristan Azbej, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, responsible for programs to help persecuted Christians, wrote on his Facebook page.
Tristan Azbej recalled that the Hungary Helps Program has launched humanitarian and economic development programs in several countries in the region, most recently in Niger, where a humanitarian donation was made to a school of the Catholic Church. Consular presence in the region has also been strengthened, and last week Hungary and Niger signed a defense cooperation agreement.
According to the Secretary of State, László Eduárd Máthé has been appointed Ministerial Commissioner for the Coordination of Foreign Policy in the Sub-Saharan region. Hungary is also looking for a humanitarian response to the regional impact of the escalating violence in Sudan.
Azbej wrote: “The future of Africa also affects our future. Our principle is not to bring trouble to Europe, but to bring aid to where the trouble is.”
The Hungary Helps Program is a specific national model that strengthens international humanitarian engagement in light of the fact that the Hungarian government’s migration and humanitarian policies go hand in hand. Through the program, Hungary is helping people in need not to have to leave their home country, and if possible, even to return to it.
With humanitarian aid provided through the Hungary Helps Program, the government has so far enabled half a million people to stay in their home country or return home.
Hungary Helps is actively involved in helping refugees fleeing from the war in Ukraine and was on the ground helping people in need in Syria after devastating earthquakes hit the region near the Turkish border in February.
Featured photo via Facebook/Azbej Tristan
