Krysztof Salay-Bobrovnicki, head of the Hungarian Ministry of Defense, said that by 2023 the Hungarian government expects to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP. transmits TASS. According to him, in this way Budapest will have achieved the goal agreed upon by all the members of the North Atlantic Alliance a year ago.
“The military expenditures of Hungary in next year’s budget will reach 2% of GDP, in line with NATO’s expectations,” Salay-Bobrovnicki said. said.
As the Hungarian defense minister noted, Budapest will be able to raise the associated costs from the renewed national defense fund, partly with the help of taxes paid by the largest firms.
Previously, the Hungarian Ministry of Defense was a member of the North Atlantic Alliance’s battle group in the country. reached Operational readiness for deployment by the end of September. As mentioned, we are talking about a group under Hungarian command.