Chief of Italian Defence General Staff Visits Hungary

Biagio Abrate laid wreaths at the heroes’ memorial in Heroes’ Square, then paid a courtesy call to the Chief of the Defence Staff. At the plenary meeting held in Hotel Hadik, the Chief of the IDGS was briefed on the transformation of the Hungarian Defence Forces, their commitments in operations and the current state of military cooperation between the two countries.

The framework agreement on education is currently about leadership training. The system of leadership training in Italy corresponds with the recently transformed new and modern system of officer training in Hungary, which ensures the equivalence and recognition of Italian courses in Hungary and the utilization of the acquired knowledge. From 2013 on, the Hungarian Defence Forces will give priority – as foreign training tasks – to the renewal of cooperation in education and the related enrollment on (higher) leadership courses in Italy. At the same time, they need to start the prerequisite language training courses already in this year.

The two partners agreed that at a later stage it will be worth and indeed necessary to explore the possibilities for expanding the scope of cooperation in the future.

Photo: László Tóth

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