Benko: New national security strategy ready

The national security cabinet has adopted Hungary's new national security strategy, while the country's military strategy is being drafted, Defence Minister Tibor Benko told a meeting on Tuesday, evaluating last year and looking ahead to plans for this year. Outlining the national security strategy to senior military officials, Benko said its military chapters were focused on Europe's defence capabilities and the strengthening of relations with France and the UK. Benko said three more military attache offices will open this year in addition to those opened last year at three embassies. NATO, he said, is increasingly preoccupied with two major threats that it has identified: one from the east (Russia), the other from the south, said Benko.