David Pressman and the Minister of National Defense were able to put an end to the long-standing dispute.
Christoph Salai-Bobrovnitsky Discussed with the Minister of National Defense on Wednesday David PressmanAmbassador of the United States of America in Budapest.
The United States welcomes the Hungarian government's announcement that it will seek to resolve our long-standing concerns regarding the registration process for U.S. military vehicles in Hungary.
– a editing David Pressman posted an upbeat statement on social media.
As we wrote previously, Antal RoganThe minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office was perhaps the driving force behind the issue of American soldiers serving at the Pontifical Air Base: he issued an order to ministries early in 2021 to reject applications for license plates. The instructions also indicated that a political decision had been made. Since then, American soldiers have had to constantly apply for a temporary license for their vehicles, which entails serious additional costs.
The American Ambassador has already spoken about the fact that there are political reasons behind the fact that American soldiers serving here cannot obtain Hungarian license plates. This can be put to an end now.
While the Hungarian military welcomes American soldiers, the Hungarian government does not allow American soldiers serving at the Pontifical Air Force Base to have Hungarian license plates on their family cars.
The ambassador summed up the gist of the issue at the beginning of the year.
David Pressman evaluated his meeting on Wednesday with the Secretary of Defense as productive, during which they discussed “many shared security interests” as NATO allies ahead of the NATO military summit in Washington. Based on this announcement, the long-standing issue of US vehicle registration could be among the topics discussed.
