The Hungarian Parliament’s approval of Sweden’s membership in the NATO military alliance
| The Hungarian Parliament has finally agreed to join Sweden in the NATO military alliance as the last hurdle and approved this plan. |
The Swedish government immediately reacted to this news from Budapest. Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Kristerson spoke of a “historic day”. “The parliament of all NATO member states has now voted for Sweden to join NATO,” he wrote on the X text message service. His country is ready to “take responsibility for the security of the Euro-Atlantic”.
Olaf Schultz, the chancellor of Germany, also expressed his satisfaction with the result of this vote. Schultz also wrote about this: This was a victory for all of us.
He wrote on the X channel: This decision of the Hungarian Parliament strengthens NATO and with it the security of Europe and the world.
Even before the vote of the Hungarian parliament, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of this country, announced that the parliament would support Sweden joining NATO. Once Orban signs the decision, Sweden can submit its certificate of accession to Washington and officially become the 32nd member of the NATO military alliance. Hungary was the last NATO member country that had not yet approved Sweden’s application for membership.
In May 2022, Sweden, along with its neighbor Finland, applied for NATO membership in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine. . Finland could join NATO in April 2023. Due to the blockade of Türkiye and Hungary, Sweden had to wait. Turkey finally agreed to Sweden’s accession in January.
Hungary initially said it supported Sweden’s accession in principle – but then kept the membership candidate behind NATO’s doors for months, including This is because Sweden “humiliates” the Hungarian government and accuses it of violating the rule of law.
Orban also said that before the approval of Sweden’s accession to NATO, the settlement of disputes Both sides were important. According to him, this work was done “in a respectful manner” with the visit of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Kristerson last Friday. He emphasized that the efforts of other countries to intervene in these disputes have not been useful. According to Orban, Hungary is an independent country and does not tolerate any foreign interference.
After this visit, it was agreed to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries. According to this agreement, Hungary will purchase four new Swedish Jas 39 Gripen fighters. The two EU countries also extended the maintenance and logistics agreement on 14 Gripen aircraft, which Hungary has leased from Sweden since 2006, for ten years until 2036. Orban spoke of military cooperation “for mutual benefit”. For Stoltenberg in NATO
| © | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |
