On 18 January Dr. Csaba Hende, the Defence Minister of Hungary – which is currently holding the rotating EU Presidency – held talks with Norwegian Defence Minister Ms. Grete Faremo. The two-day visit of the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Norway is primarily aimed at discussing the program of Hungary’s EU Presidency in 2011, the results of the Lisbon NATO Summit and the bilateral military relations as well as some current issues in security policy.

At the talks, Norwegian Defence Minister Grete Faremo said her country considers Hungary an important and reliable ally. During her program, the Norwegian Defence Minister was received by MFA Parliamentary State Secretary Zsolt Németh and Zsolt Csampa, Chairman of the National Assembly Defence and Law Enforcement Committee.

Photo: Mária Krasznai-Nehrebeczky