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Hungary signals fresh delay in Finland, Sweden NATO approval

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a media briefing in Budapest, Hungary, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Marton Monus/File Photo

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff signalled on Saturday a possible further delay in Budapest's ratification of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, saying a vote may take place only in the second half of March.

Sweden and Finland applied last year to join the transatlantic defence pact after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But all 30 NATO members need to back the applications and Sweden has faced objections from Turkey for harbouring what Ankara considers to be members of terrorist groups.

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