Sweden Still Sees Hungary Ratifying Its NATO Bid Before Turkey
While Hungary’s government has submitted its bill to parliament more than a year ago, no vote has yet been scheduled.
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Sweden still expects Hungary to ratify its NATO application before Turkey, and is therefore focused on making sure that Ankara doesn’t hold up the Nordic country’s accession to the western military alliance, according to Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom.
“The Hungarian government has consistently been clear that Sweden would be a valuable addition to NATO, and most importantly they have said that they won’t be the last country to ratify,” Billstrom told reporters in Stockholm on Tuesday. “Sooner or later they will have to live up to that.”