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Lili Bayer in Brussels and Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

Orbán reaffirms backing for Swedish Nato bid as allies’ patience runs low

Viktor Orbán
Viktor Orbán at a Nato summit in Madrid in 2022. Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AP

Viktor Orbán has said he will urge the Hungarian parliament to sign off on Sweden’s Nato bid “at the first possible opportunity”, as diplomats said Hungary’s allies were “exasperated” by the country’s foot-dragging.

Sweden applied to join Nato in May 2022, but its accession was delayed as Turkey and Hungary strung out the ratification process.

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