Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó stressed that work must be done to prevent a direct conflict between NATO and Russia and indicated that a possible direct conflict between Russia and NATO must be prevented, pointing out that this is one of the tasks Hungarian forces patrol the skies over the Baltics.

He added: “We want to have peace, but the military situation is not like this yet, and we see that it is getting worse, and the most important thing now is to be able to prevent the conflict from escalating.” “Perhaps one of the most important goals is that NATO and Russia can prevent conflict,” Mubascher, stressing the importance of developing the national army and stressing that without the Hungarian army and air force, NATO would not be so strong.

Hungary is conducting a NATO air policing mission in the Baltic States from 1 August to 30 November using four Gripen combat aircraft and 50 troops.