We must prepare for the fact that, due to the food supply difficulties caused by the war in Ukraine, migration pressure from Africa will increase significantly, and thus the spread of terrorism, said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó on Wednesday in Morocco.

According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the head of the ministry participated in the meeting of the foreign ministers of the international coalition against the Islamic State terrorist organization.

IN HIS SPEECH, HE POINTED OUT THAT BOTH EUROPE AND AFRICA ARE FACED WITH CRITICAL SECURITY CHALLENGES, DUE TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE ON THE ONE HAND AND THE GROWING NUMBER OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, ON THE OTHER HAND.

He pointed out that these two threats are related to each other, since Russia and Ukraine are among the world's largest grain exporters, and as a result of the armed conflict, the volume of their exports will drop significantly, which is expected to put many African countries in a difficult situation.

If a difficult situation arises in unstable regions due to the problem of the import of basic food industry products, it unfortunately leads to the strengthening of extremists and, through this, to the worsening of terrorism," he said.

Péter Szijjártó emphasized that terrorism is an important result of migration, and that future assassins can hide in the flood of immigrants, so the international community should focus primarily on dealing with the root causes.

"It is of great importance that the main aspect of international politics is not to inspire migration waves, but to stop them (...) We Hungarians will do our part, as we continue to vigorously protect the southern border of Hungary and the European Union," he stated .

The minister also reported that the number of illegal immigrants arriving in Europe increased by 57 percent in the first three months of this year, the data recorded during this period being the second highest since 2016.

FINALLY, HE UNDERLINED THAT 146 HUNGARIAN SOLDIERS ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE INTERNATIONAL MISSION IN IRAQ,

and the international working group to prevent the influx of foreign fighters will meet in Budapest in September. The Minister of Foreign Economy and Foreign Affairs consulted with his Georgian, Congolese, Kuwaiti, Moroccan and Saudi colleagues on the sidelines of the meeting.

Source: Origo

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