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Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

Hungary approves Sweden joining Nato after months of delays

Ulf Kristersson and Viktor Orbán
The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, with the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, in Budapest last week. Photograph: János Kummer/Getty Images

Hungary’s parliament has approved Sweden’s Nato accession nearly two years after the historically neutral country applied to join the western military alliance, bringing to an end months of diplomatic wrangling.

Speaking after the vote in Budapest on Monday, the Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, hailed “a historic day”.

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