EUFOR Exercise with Hungarian Participation in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Szöveg: honvedelem.hu / MTI | 2013. április 25. 9:02Hungarian, British, Austrian, Turkish and local forces are jointly exercising the use of EUFOR’s new force structure, which is augmented with Intermediate Reserve Forces, EUFOR Chief of Staff Brig.-Gen. József Szpisják told Hungarian News Agency MTI on Thursday, April 18.
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of the Hungarian Defence Forces EUFOR contingent arrived in Sarajevo on Monday, April
15 to participate in the two-week international exercise Quick Response 2013. During the
first week, the soldiers demonstrate their ability to successfully activate, quickly deploy
and integrate companies held at readiness within EUFOR’s Intermediate Reserves Forces
normally stationed outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). In the second phase of the
exercise, to display their interoperability, they are going to train with the armed forces
of Bosnia-Herzegovina under a fictitious Peace Support Operation (PSO) scenario in the
barracks of Kalinovik and Pazaric.
Exercise Director József Szpisják pointed out that from
the standpoint of Hungarian foreign/security policy and maintaining stability in the Balkans,
Hungary’s engagement in Bosnia is very important. The Hungarian Defence Forces have
been participating in Operation Althea of the European Union Force (EUFOR) since 2004. At
present, 19 soldiers are serving with the mission in individual positions while 26 as members
of the Hungarian contingent in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Since last September, most personnel of the contingent have been placed on standby
in Hungary as part of a reserve force. According to the rotation schedule of the new
force structure, in the summer of 2013 the Hungarian contingent is to deploy to Bosnia-
Herzegovina where it will continue executing its tasks in the mission.
Photos: euforbih.org
