In the spirit of deepening Hungarian-Jordanian military-to-military relations, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Hungary’s Chief of Defence Staff paid a two-day official visit to Amman.

The meeting, held at Basman Palace Wednesday, covered ways to strengthen cooperation between Jordan and Hungary across military and defense fields, in addition to the latest developments in the region, and efforts to achieve peace.

“The development of bilateral cooperation plays a key role in serving Hungary’s defence interests, and is in harmony with NATO’s regional objectives and its strengthening bilateral partnership-building processes,” declared, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi.

The discussions and the top-level reception both signal that Hungary plays an active role in the alliance force field monitoring and shaping the stability of the Middle East, the Hungarian Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

Director of the Office of His Majesty Alaa Batayneh, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Yousef Huneiti, and Hungary’s Ambassador to Jordan Péter Jakab attended the meeting, according to Petra news agency.

Earlier, at the beginning of his visit to Jordan, the Hungarian Chief of Defence held a closed-door meeting with General Yousef al-Huneiti, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF).

The two sides discussed ways to enhance bilateral military cooperation, particularly in the areas of joint training, exchange of expertise, and development of training programs.

The cooperation aims to raise the level of operational preparedness and support the defense capabilities of the two countries’ Armed Forces, according to a JAF statement.

The topics of the discussions included the possibility of exchanging lessons learned in the field of UAV development, the expansion of cooperation in peace missions and the implementation of joint Special Operations Forces (SOF) training programs.

Regional and international developments were also discussed, aimed to strengthening regional security and stability.

During the meeting, Huneiti and Böröndi listened to military briefings on the JAF’s modernization processes, its operational and technological capabilities, and the humanitarian efforts carried out by the Kingdom in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Huneiti affirmed the “strength” of Jordanian-Hungarian defense relations, expressing the JAF's commitment to expanding military and technical cooperation and exchanging expertise to serve mutual interests and strengthen the international military cooperation framework.

For his part, Gábor Böröndi expressed his appreciation for the JAF’s professionalism and its personnel competence, praising the Kingdom’s leading role, under His Majesty King Abdullah II’s leadership, in consolidating regional security and supporting humanitarian response in the region.

Concluding the visit, which was attended by the Hungarian Ambassador to Amman and a number of senior JAF Officers, Böröndi signed the Visitors’ Book.

Furthermore, the Hungarian delegation visited, among others, the base of the Jordanian Special Operations Forces (JORSOF) and the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre (KASOTC), and a regional center for the development of counter-drone systems.

Jordan is a partner with increasing significance in the NATO Alliance system. The country is at once affected by the impacts of conflicts in Syria and Iraq, as it has received more than one million Syrian refugees, while close to half of its population consists of Palestinian refugees and their descendants.

As a result of NATO’s Defence Capacity Building (DCB) Initiative, the development of border security, crisis management, civil preparedness and English language capacity gathered pace in Jordan in 2024. From the Hungarian Defence Forces’ point of view, the opening of a new NATO Liaison Office (NLO) in Amman on 16 September 2025 may further strengthen the system of relations with Jordan. (Petra; Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF); Hungarian Ministry of Defence; Photo © Royal Court/Petra)