I believe we are moving towards military alliance: Vucic speaks after meeting with Hungarian defense minister

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President Aleksandar Vucic stated today after a meeting with Minister of Defense of Hungary Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky that in the region, Serbia has the most developed and intensive cooperation in the field of defense with Hungary, and expressed his belief that an agreement on joint activities will be followed by moving ever closer and in the creation of a military alliance between Serbia and Hungary.

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"Of course, the Hungarian side has a say in that, the Hungarian and Serbian parliaments and everyone else," Vucic told a joint news conference after the signing of the Bilateral Military Cooperation Plan between the defense ministries of Serbia and Hungary for 2025.

He said that a document was signed today that makes operational and concrete the agreement on strategic cooperation in the field of defense reached in 2023.

"I am honored that today I have the opportunity to host and talk with Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky, the Hungarian defense minister. Because this is a continuation of our very significant cooperation. The strategic cooperation between Serbia and Hungary in the field of defense is one of the most important aspects of our comprehensive strategic cooperation out of all the countries in the region. According to the number and importance of joint activities, Serbia has the most developed and intensive cooperation in the field of defense with Hungary," said Vucic.

He pointed out that the key elements of those relations are military cooperation, which is reflected in the implementation of bilateral and multinational exercises, military-technical cooperation in the areas of procurement of weapons systems and equipment.

"The document signed by the two ministers today makes operational and concrete the agreement on strategic cooperation in the field of defense reached in 2023. We have agreed on the largest number of activities for this year. So far 79, almost twice as many as in 2023 when we had 48, and what we agreed on with our Hungarian friends is of great importance to us," said Vucic.

He stressed that we should not lose sight of the fact that thanks to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his government, we had peace with our northern neighbor back in 1999, when they were under great pressure to allow a land invasion of Serbia, from Hungarian territory.

"And they did not allow that. Today, 26 years later, we are in a position to build the closest strategic relations in the field of defense and to think and move forward, and we believe that this agreement on joint activities will also have its continuation in moving closer and towards the creation of a military alliance between Serbia and Hungary. Of course, the Hungarian side has a say in that, the Hungarian and Serbian parliaments and everyone else, but our relations are so good, especially considering everything that is happening in Europe and the world," Vucic said.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)