{"id":57103,"date":"2023-07-11T10:53:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T08:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=57103"},"modified":"2023-07-11T10:53:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T08:53:06","slug":"hungary-expresses-readiness-to-support-swedens-accession-to-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/hungary-expresses-readiness-to-support-swedens-accession-to-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary expresses readiness to support Sweden\u2019s accession to NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ratification of Sweden\u2019s application for NATO membership by Hungary is now \u201cjust a technical issue\u201d, Hungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 said on Tuesday, after Turkey agreed to allow the Nordic state to join the military alliance.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Turkey agreed to allow Sweden to join NATO, enabling the allies to display their unity at a summit primarily dedicated to strengthening support for Ukraine in the face of Russia\u2019s aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary and Turkey are the last NATO members that have not yet ratified Sweden\u2019s accession to the alliance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conclusion of the ratification process is now just a technical issue,\u201d Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 said in a Facebook statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian parliament concluded its extraordinary summer session on Friday but may call for a new session in the coming days to proceed with the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n reiterated last Friday that Budapest supports Sweden\u2019s application.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in constant contact with both the NATO Secretary General and Turkey,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we see that we have something to do, we will do it. Hungary is not known for hesitating when it comes to making decisions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u2019s blockage of Sweden\u2019s membership offer had cast a shadow over the preparations for Tuesday\u2019s NATO summit, but the countries resolved their differences in late hour talks in Vilnius.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan agreed to support Sweden\u2019s accession to NATO.<\/p>\n<p>NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed this on 10 July after a meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, with Erdo\u011fan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey had blocked Sweden\u2019s application, accusing Stockholm of harboring Kurdish activists whom Ankara considers terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>For a state to become a NATO member, all 32 countries must ratify the accession protocols in their parliaments. In the case of Sweden, besides Turkey, Hungary has also not ratified the protocol for Stockholm to join the alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Finland became a member of the alliance in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement between Sweden and Turkey came one day before the start of the two-day NATO summit to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ratification of Sweden\u2019s application for NATO membership by Hungary is now \u201cjust a technical issue\u201d, Hungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 said on Tuesday, after Turkey agreed to allow the Nordic state to join the military alliance. 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