Hungary’s parliament may ratify Sweden’s NATO accession protocol when it reconvenes for the spring session later this month, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told supporters today.
“It is good news that our dispute with Sweden will soon be settled,” Orban said. “We are heading in the direction that at the start of the spring parliamentary term we can ratify Sweden’s accession to NATO,” he added.
According to Orban, he and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristerson 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, following 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.
Orban’s ruling Fidesz party is citing Sweden’s unfounded claims, which it calls, of undermining democracy in Hungary to justify the delay in ratifying the accession protocol.
SOURCE: APE-ME
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