Hungary's Orban: better relations with Sweden needed before NATO membership


  • World
  • Tuesday, 23 May 2023

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Relations between Hungary and Sweden must improve before the Nordic state's bid for NATO membership is approved, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at the Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday.

Sweden and its neighbour Finland asked to join the NATO military alliance last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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