Hungary supports Sweden’s Nato membership, PM Orban tells Stoltenberg
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Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (left) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a Nato summit in Lithuania in July 2023.
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BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in a phone call that the Hungarian government supports Sweden's membership of the military alliance, Mr Orban said on social media platform X on Jan 24.
"I reaffirmed that the Hungarian government supports the Nato membership of #Sweden," Mr Orban said in the post.
He added that he also told Mr Stoltenberg that he will continue to urge the Hungarian national assembly to vote in favour of Sweden's accession to Nato and conclude the ratification at the first possible opportunity.
Mr Stoltenberg said after the call that Mr Orban and his government clearly supported Sweden's Nato membership.
"I look forward to the ratification as soon as Parliament reconvenes," Mr Stoltenberg said on X.
Turkey's Parliament approved Sweden's membership
