Speaking after a two-day meeting of V4 deputy defence ministers, Tamás Vargha said that ensuring security and defence warrants a development of all four countries’ military forces.

The Visegrad Group countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) will fulfil their NATO commitments until 2024 by raising their annual defence budgets while allocating 20% of these budgets to developments, he said.

Defence cooperation has strengthened the group, Vargha said. Joint work and protecting Europe, as they have done so far, will remain important objectives during the Hungarian presidency, he said.

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