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From left: Idikó Szappanos, Headmistress of Szolnok school, Amb. Foley, Defense Minister Szekeres, General András Havril Chief of Defense, Hungary, Hungarian Joint Forces Command, Commander, Lieutenant General Tömböl (Embassy photo by Katalin Nádas)
From left: Idikó Szappanos, Headmistress of Szolnok school, Amb. Foley, Defense Minister Szekeres, General András Havril Chief of Defense, Hungary, Hungarian Joint Forces Command, Commander, Lieutenant General Tömböl (Embassy photo by Katalin Nádas)

Ambassador Foley Joins Minister Szekeres in a Farewell Ceremony for Hungarian Peacekeepers Headed for Afghanistan

On August 18, 2008, Ambassador April Foley was a guest of the Ministry of Defense at the Hungarian Provincial Reconstruction Team's fifth departure ceremony held in Szolnok, in the company of the German, Bulgarian, and Slovak Ambassadors.

Hungarian Defense Minister Imre Szekeres, host of the event, announced in his remarks that the U.S. has given 27 armored jeeps (see photos: The Ambassador’s statement on the Georgian situation made to the press in Szolnok