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EU and NATO member Hungary said Tuesday it is considering joining the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS in Iraq by sending 100 troops following a U.S. request, AFP reported.

"The parliament could take the decision in mid-April and Hungarian troops could arrive in Iraq during the second half of May," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told journalists.

"Hungary is already a part of the conflict with the ISIS, because it belongs to the Western community of values, which was attacked by the terrorist organization."

The soldiers' role would be to protect a training centre in Iraqi Kurdistan's capital Erbil in the north of the country, where coalition troops are training local forces, Szijjarto said.

The mission needs approval by a two-thirds majority in Hungary's parliament, meaning that Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party needs one additional opposition vote.

Szijjarto met opposition leaders Tuesday trying to secure their support, and some lawmakers indicated they are willing to give their consent.