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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Harding

Friend or foe: Hungary delays ratifying Sweden and Finland’s bid for Nato membership

EPA

Hungary has delayed ratifying Finland and Sweden’s bid for Nato membership – but prime minister Viktor Orban said it would be approved early next year.

Speaking after a meeting with the Visegrad Group in Slovakia, Orban said that his government had already decided that Hungary would support Finland’s and Sweden’s Nato accession and parliament would set this item on its agenda at its first session next year.

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