Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Group countries met at a summit in Budapest on October 14, 2013 and discussed cooperation in economy, energy, defence and security, and also current European Union topics. The Prime Ministers agreed among other issues to establish a joint Visegrad EU Battlegroup ready to be on stand-by by the first half of 2016:
The Prime Ministers also emphasized the importance of the activities supported by the International Visegrad Fund and agreed to increase the fund's annual budget to €8 million: