Hungary was pressured to accept Sweden’s membership in NATO
| Poland demanded pressure on Hungary to force it to accept Sweden's accession to NATO. |
reported by Mehr News Agency quoted News, Donald Tusk, Prime Minister Poland demanded pressure on Hungary to force this country to accept Sweden’s accession to NATO.
Tusk After meeting his Swedish counterpart, Olf Christerson told reporters: “A few words about (Hungarian Prime Minister) Viktor Orban And I must say his position on Sweden’s membership in NATO. I think it is unacceptable for a country to prevent Sweden from joining NATO. I am not the only one who thinks so. So we have to put pressure on our friends in Budapest to do what they have to do.”
He added: The issue is that I had not heard any reason that would justify postponing the vote in the Hungarian Parliament. This is unacceptable.
Orbán previously said that his country supports Finland and Sweden joining NATO, but Hungarian parliamentarians They are not ready to finalize it, because the authorities of these two countries are promoting “outright lies” about Hungary.
Due to the events in Ukraine, Finland and Sweden submitted applications to join NATO in May 2022. Finland became the 31st member of NATO on April 4, 2023. As for Sweden’s request, Hungary has not yet agreed to it.
