Hungarian parliament Monday approved a proposal to increase the size of the country's armed forces, Hungarian News Agency MTI reported.
The motion, to increase the armed forces by 1,000 to 24,950, was supported by 330 MPs, with only one rejection and 27 abstentions.
This was the first time that the parliament had proposed to raise the number of troops since the country's social transformation in 1989, Defense Minister Imre Szekeres was quoted as saying.
Szekeres said that a number of new tasks would follow the decision, including Hungary's involvement in operating NATO strategic air cargo planes and the need to train reserve units.
Source:Xinhua
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