(From L to R) Croatian Assistant Minister for Defense Policy Petar Mihatov, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Tomasz Szatkowski, Slovak Defense Minister Peter Gajdos, Hungarian Defense Minister Istvan Simicsko, Czech Defense Minister Karla Slechtova, Austrian Minister of National Defense and Sports Mario Kunasek, and Slovenian Defense Minister Andreja Katic, attend a joint press conference following a meeting of the Central European Defense Co-operation (CEDC) in Budapest, Hungary, on March 28, 2018. Defense officials of six Central European nations and Poland agreed on Wednesday to further develop their defense capabilities to better protect European values and the borders of Schengen zone. (Xinhua/Szilard Voros)