Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a statement on his social media account that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sweden’s NATO membership at the summit held in Vilnius.
“Sweden’s future NATO membership has been a constant topic of conversation for two days: Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, they discussed it and will continue to discuss it in the future,” writes Szijjártó.
Former Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström suggestedHe said Turkey and Hungary would approve the country’s application for NATO membership days or weeks before their parliaments meet in the fall.
On July 11, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that, after talks with Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Turkey had agreed to include Sweden in the military-political bloc in the near future.
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