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Budapest, 12-13 November 2026 – The Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, travelled to Budapest, where he met Hungary’s top political and military leadership, visited NATO’s Multinational Forward Land Forces Battle Group Hungary (FLF BG HUN), and addressed students and staff at Ludovika University of Public Service.

In Budapest, Admiral Cavo Dragone began his visit by commemorating the Hungarian heroes who gave their lives defending their homeland at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The following day, CMC met with Hungary’s political leadership, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Anita Orbán, and the Minister of Defence, Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi. At the Hungarian Parliament, CMC also met the Chairs of the Committee on Defence and Law Enforcement, Mr. Csaba A. Bakos, and of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Márton Hajdu. Discussions focused on current security situation along the Eastern Flank and across the Alliance, including increasing hybrid threats. CMC reiterated how drawing on the Ankara Summit, Allies are determined to turn commitments into state-of-the-art capabilities, with the support of industry, allowing NATO to stand ready against any threat at any time. During his visit, Admiral Cavo Dragone also visited Camp Croft to meet troops from the FLF BG HUN. He highlighted that the multinational composition of the battlegroup illustrates the strength of the Alliance.

In his address to students and staff, CMC outlined the importance of accelerating defence innovation in an increasingly competitive security environment at the Ludovika University of Public Service. “NATO 3.0 returns to the core task of collective defence, but in a completely different world,” he said. In an age of accelerating technology like artificial intelligence, CMC stressed that leaders must equip themselves with the technical literacy and cognitive resilience to make balanced decisions.

In his joint press statement with the Chief of Defence, General Zsolt Sándor, CMC praised Hungary’s key contributions to the Alliance: leading FLF BG HUN; hosting the Headquarters Multinational Division Centre (HQ MND-C); contributing significantly to the NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR). CMC commented that Hungary plans to transform its national defences to align with NATO, saying “our national plans and our collective plans must fit together like the pieces of one puzzle, so that every Ally knows its role and is ready to play it.”