On Sunday, June 11, General Moussa Avsevel, recently appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, arrived in Hungary for a three-day official visit at the invitation of Hungarian Chief of Staff Gábor Borondi. The Turkish military leader’s first visit was to the Turkish military compound at the New Cemetery in Budapest. honvedelem.hu I will report it.
General Moussa Avsevel received military honors at the cemetery, followed by the singing of the Turkish and Hungarian national anthems. The leaders laid flowers at the memorial column of the heroes of the 15th Turkish Corps, who fought under the command of the German Southern Army on the Galician Front in 1916-1917. He then participated in Turkish prayers with the delegation. . During his visit, he personally placed flowers at the soldiers’ graves.
Turkey’s chief of staff was appointed last week by re-elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Moussa Avsebar previously served as commander of ground forces.
On Monday, he laid a wreath at Heroes’ Square in Budapest. held a meeting At the Ministry of Defense. Moussa Avsevel met personally with Chief of Defense Staff Dr. Gabor Borondi, followed by a plenary meeting between the Turkish and Hungarian delegations at the Ministry.
Hungarian Chief of Staff Gabor Borondi (left) and Turkish Chief of Staff Moussa Avsevel. Photo: Honvédelem.hu (Szabó Lajos, Nagy Gábor)
During the meeting, General Moussa Avsavar was briefed on Hungary’s role in the global and regional security environment from the point of view of defense policy, as well as the process of transformation and modernization of the Hungarian Armed Forces.
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