Romanian-Hungarian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion

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The Romanian-Hungarian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion is the first mixed structure (made up of military of two nations: Romanian and Hungarian) in the world. It was established on 20 March 1998, comprising two modules (Hungarian and Romanian) with equal numbers, part of two infantry battalions, as follows:
Romanian module - part of the 191 Infantry Battalion "Colonel Radu Golescu" dislocated in Arad
Hungarian module - part of Battalion 5 / 3 "Bercsényi Miklós" dislocated in Hódmezővásárhely

Establishment of B.Mx.RO-HU.M.P.
January 1997, on a proposal from the Ministry of Defence of Romania, the Ministry of Homeland Defence of the Republic of Hungary agrees with the creation of the Romanian-Hungarian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion;

August 1997: the French-German-Hungarian-Romanian quadripartite seminar is held in Baden-Baden;

3 November 1997: meeting of the heads of the two Major General States;

The 191 Infantry Battalion "Colonel Radu Golescu" is nominated by the Secretary of State and Chief of General Staff for the establishment of the Romanian-Hungarian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion;

20 March 1998: the agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Hungary on the establishment of the Romanian-Hungarian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion was signed in Budapest, which was also the date of the establishment of the structure;

April 1-3, 1998: visit of the Minister of Defence at the 191 Infantry Battalion "Colonel Radu Golescu" in Arad (Romanian component of the Romanian-Hungarian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion);

August 10, 1998: in Baile Felix is held the meeting of the Hungarian Defence Minister with the Romanian Defence Minister; it is proposed to conduct a staff traineeship of the Romanian officers and Hungarians who will frame the Joint Battalion, at the Regional Romanian-British Training Centre near A.S.M;

9-10 September 1998: in Oradea - the meeting between the heads of the two general major states takes place;

May 14, 1999: the technical agreement and documents intended to operationalise the agreement between the governments of the two countries on the establishment of the Romanian-Hungarian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion were signed in Budapest;

20 July 1999: were signed in Hódmezővásárhely the details of the heads of the operations directorates of the two major states.

25-27 January 2001: The Romanian module of the Joint Battalion was evaluated and endorsed by a United Nations commission in order to carry out a real peacekeeping mission in Cyprus or other areas.

Place and role of B.Mx.RO-HU.M.P.
The Romanian module of the Romanian-Hungarian Joint Peacekeeping Battalion, as an integral part of the 191 Infantry Battalion "Colonel Radu Golescu," operates in the barracks located in the Fortress of Arad as well as in related polygons.

In accordance with the provisions of the Technical Agreement signed by both Parties, 30% of the total training time of the designated sub-units is used for the specific training of misi