Hungary begins to prepare.
The Hungarian government has set up a new Defense Council led by
Prime Minister Viktor Orban which has been given special decision-making
authority, the PM’s press secretary Bertalan Havasi announced on
Tuesday. As quoted by Hungarian news agency MTI, Havasi explained
that the council was created in response to the military conflict in
Ukraine and the ensuing economic crisis in Europe. He also noted that
increased pressure from migration had made it necessary to pay special
attention to protecting Hungary’s security and sovereignty in the coming
years. The council will deal with proposals and reports regarding
national security, public safety, border controls, national defense,
migrant cases, natural disaster protections, counter-terrorism efforts
and defense developments. "The Defense Council is a forum for
government political decision-making with special powers, the chairman
is the prime minister, and the secretary is the chief national security
adviser," Havesi explained.
Now, apart from this news, get this--a very positive, if not to say more--very pro-Hungarian article at Ria by Petr Akopov, titled (in Russian):
Which is: Europe will be sorry that it didn't understand Hungarian. It is a remarkable piece, plus, Hungary's Foreign Minister just visited Moscow, for gas talks, with Russia immediately responding that Moscow will provide all Hungary's energy necessities starting from the increased volumes of gas Hungary asked for recently. But...
It is clear that gas issue was just one of the topics discussed in Moscow. Plus, of course, all those pro-forma calls for cease-fire in Ukraine. What was discussed behind closed doors remains, for now, a matter of speculations but we know that is was discussed.
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