If there is a problem, we have to defend our country - Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared at the handover ceremony of the command post of the Hungarian Defense Forces Command in the Parliament on Saturday.

At the event, the prime minister emphasized: the task is to build a modern, strong army, so that attacking Hungary does not even occur to anyone. The Hungarian army must have deterrent power, he added.

He emphasized that the task of the new commander, Romulus Ruszin-Szendi, is to integrate the army into Hungarian society, in addition to its disciplined internal order and the preservation of military ideals, and

WIN, PREPARE, TRAIN THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEFEND THE HOMELAND AND RESPECT MILITARY IDEALS.

Viktor Orbán explained: Hungarian politics made serious mistakes before 2010, because it did not fulfill its obligations to the country and the soldiers, abolished conscription, but did not replace it with a modern, effective army. Fortunately, around this time there was no need to defend the country with weapons, he added.

He believed that this was a state unworthy of the centuries-old military traditions, the constitution and our international obligations.

Viktor Orbán also mentioned that

ONLY ITS OWN STRENGTH, ITS OWN NATIONAL ARMY CAN GIVE CONFIDENCE AND CONFIDENCE TO A FREE, INDEPENDENT COUNTRY,

especially in a region like Central Europe. Here, unsolicited, strong candidates intervened several times, and the result without exception was catastrophic for our country and the region, therefore we must build the region together with the peoples of Central Europe, he believed. He added: good will is not enough for this, it also requires strength, so in addition to financial stability, an effective army is also needed.

THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THAT WE CAN'T FIND AN ALLY WHO WOULD DEFEND THE COUNTRY IN OUR PLACE, AT LEAST BESIDE US, WITH US. THEREFORE, IF WE ARE NOT STRONG, WE WILL LOSE AND OUR CAUSE WILL ALWAYS BLEED BEFORE THE PROMISED RELIEF ARMIES ARRIVE, HE SAID.

The Prime Minister thanked the soldiers for their work during the epidemic. In addition to the defense against the epidemic, the National Guard reliably performed its basic tasks, guarded the border, fulfilled its mission tasks and also took part in the fight against terrorism, as befits the many centuries of glory of the Hungarian soldiers, a modern army and a NATO member state, he said. .

Source and full article: origo.hu

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