Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has extended an invitation to his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson to visit Budapest to discuss Stockholm’s prospects for joining NATO. He wrote this on his page social network X (formerly Twitter).
“Today I sent an invitation to Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to visit Hungary to discuss Sweden’s accession to NATO,” Orbán wrote.
Previously Swedish officials were critical spoke This speech, addressed to Hungary, caused misunderstanding in the country’s parliament and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
December 21, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban statedIt was stated that Türkiye and Hungary acted separately regarding Sweden’s participation in NATO.
Before that, Gergely Gulyas, head of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office statedThat it has done nothing to increase confidence that Sweden is ready to join NATO. In this context, he suggested that joining the alliance was not among Stockholm’s priorities.
Previously The US State Department advocated Sweden’s early entry into the North Atlantic Alliance.