Szijjarto: NATO essential in facing challenges of terrorism

Preserving NATO as the world's most successful defence alliance is essential, especially now that terrorists are mounting fresh challenges by adapting new technologies, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. Speaking to Hungarian public media on the sidelines of the summit marking the alliance's 70th anniversary, Szijjarto noted that illegal migration is on the rise once again, especially in the Western Balkans. This enhances the threat posed by terrorist organisations, Szijjarto added. Waves of uncontrolled illegal migration offer terrorist organisations opportunities to spread extremist ideologies all over the world "along with terrorists themselves", he said. So NATO should focus on developments in the South as well as in the East, he said.