“It’s good news that our dispute with Sweden will soon be settled,” Hungary’s prime minister said
The Hungarian parliament can ratify the accession protocol to Sweden in NATOwhen it convenes again for the spring term at the end of this month, the Hungarian Prime Minister said today Viktor Orbanspeaking to his supporters.
“It is good news that our dispute with Sweden will soon be settled,” Orban said. “We are heading in the direction that at the beginning of the spring parliamentary term we can ratify the inclusion of Sweden in NATO,” he added.
According to Orban, he and the Swedish prime minister Ulf Christerson have taken steps to “rebuild trust” between the two countries. He did not specify what those steps were.
Sweden applied to join NATO in May 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hungary is the only NATO member that has yet to ratify the request, and the delay has caused friction in Budapest’s relations with the US and concerns among other allies.
The ruling party Fidesz of Orbán invokes Sweden’s baseless claims, as he calls them, of undermining democracy in Hungary, to justify the delay in ratifying the accession protocol.
Parliament will resume on February 26.
Source :Skai
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