As reported by Neokohn, President of the Republic Katalin Novák and Minister of Defense Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky and their delegation are in the Jewish state. The politicians will meet with Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog, outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid and incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and visit the Yad Vashem memorial center.
At a press conference before the meetings, Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky recalled that
„relations between the two countries have been very good for a long time, and this good relationship is also reflected in the field of defense.”
The Hungarian delegation also visited the highly (advanced Iron Dome defense system.
„The importance of such systems,” the defence minister said, „is also evident for us in light of yesterday’s events,” referring to the missile attacks on Poland on Tuesday evening.
“If there is a country that knows how to defend itself, it is Israel. The Iron Dome missile defense system provides air defence. Today, with Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, we saw how it works,” said Katalin Novák in a Facebook post, praising the defence cooperation between Israel and Hungary: „In recent years, defense cooperation between our countries has been strengthened thanks to the armed forces development program, and we plan to work even more closely together in the coming period,” the president said in her post, which also included several photos.
At the press conference, Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky also recalled that the delegation met Hungarian Holocaust survivors at the Yad Vashem memorial center, which was „very moving and touching to see how deeply the survivors guard their Hungarian identity.”
Press conference by Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky
Press conference in English by President Katalin Novák and Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem
Katalin Novák at Yad Vashem with Hungarian Holocaust survivors
