After a meeting of the international coalition against the Islamic State held at the US State Department, State Secretary Péter Sztáray underlined the need to support Iraq and its wider region against terrorism "related to uncontrolled migration".
Though the 87-country coalition formed 10 years ago has established that IS is no longer a force of power in Iraq, terrorist groups allied to it are still present in a wider geographical area, mainly in the Middle East and Africa, Sztáray, the foreign ministry state secretary for security and energy policy, told MTI in Washington, DC.
The Iraqi government has said the country still requires international presence, he said, noting that coalition countries will maintain one in some form, and Hungarian soldiers are still on the ground in Iraq.
Leaders coalition delegations pledged to aim to raise 394 million US dollars for areas previously liberated from IS in Iraq and Syria, and more than 200 million dollars has already been raised in pledges, while they issued a statement underlining their commitment eradicating IS wherever it operates.
He noted that Hungary is launching cooperation with Chad, with humanitarian, economic and security elements, with a view to contributing towards efforts to shore up security and combat migration.
Meanwhile, Sztáray said the migration wave of 2015 had proved Hungary right in that the uncontrolled influx of migrants undermined European security.