ENGAGING HUNGARY ON PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM

UNCLAS BUDAPEST 000904 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/CE JAMIE MOORE AND SCA/A BRAD PARKER. KABUL FOR PATRICIA MCNERNEY. E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL EAID AF HU SUBJECT: ENGAGING HUNGARY ON PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM DRAFT MOU REF: STATE 129187 ¶1. (SBU) Political Counselor discussed reftel points December 21 with Ambassador Gabor Horvath, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy and Non-Proliferation Department. Horvath stated the MFA "totally supported -- full stop" the concept of increased civilian deployment and concluding an agreement. He noted, however, that the Ministry of Defense hoped to clarify several issues in the draft memorandum relating to force protection requirements, e.g., how often U.S. personnel expected to move off base. ¶2. (SBU) Lieutenant Colonel Laszlo Bagi, Chief of the Ministry of Defense's Peacekeeping Operations Department, separately stated that the MoD would provide its comments on the force protection issue back to MFA within the next several days. Bagi assured us that the MoD wanted to work closely with us to resolve any questions. LEVINE