{"id":15976,"date":"2024-02-24T00:51:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T00:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/hungarys-viktor-orban-lauds-new-phase-with-sweden-ahead-of-vote-on-its-nato-bid\/"},"modified":"2024-02-24T00:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T00:51:24","slug":"hungarys-viktor-orban-lauds-new-phase-with-sweden-ahead-of-vote-on-its-nato-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/hungarys-viktor-orban-lauds-new-phase-with-sweden-ahead-of-vote-on-its-nato-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary\u2019s Viktor Orban lauds new phase with Sweden ahead of vote on its NATO bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country had opened a new phase with Sweden during a joint press conference with Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson on Friday as Budapest prepares to ratify Stockholm\u2019s long-delayed NATO bid.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Hungary is the last member of the military alliance to approve Sweden\u2019s application to join NATO, which it made in May 2022 after Russia launched its\u00a0invasion of Ukraine.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Orban, who said last week that the Hungarian Parliament would vote on ratification on Monday, met with Kristersson on Friday and announced at the press conference that Hungary had bought four fighter jets from Sweden.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The Gripen fighter jets would expand Hungary\u2019s fleet, Orban said, \u201cthereby significantly increasing our military capabilities and further strengthening our ability to play a role abroad.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The Hungarian Parliament will convene on Monday to decide on the matter, thus closing one phase and opening another, he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cBeing members together in NATO we [will be] able to reconstruct the full trust towards each other,\u201d Orban added later.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership in 2022 and Finland\u00a0joined NATO in April 2023 \u2013 doubling the alliance\u2019s border with Russia. But Sweden\u2019s bid was mired in challenges.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan objected\u00a0to Sweden\u2019s accession, accusing Swedish officials of being too lenient on militant groups, including the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK).    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Sweden has since tightened its anti-terror legislation and pledged closer cooperation with Turkey on security concerns.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Orban, considered to be the European Union leader closest to Russian President Vladimir Putin, initially indicated he was not opposed to Sweden joining the bloc, before working to stall it. Katalin Cseh, a Hungarian Member of the European Parliament, said last year that Orban\u2019s\u00a0blocking\u00a0of Sweden\u2019s bid was \u201cquite simply, another favor to Vladimir Putin.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            But, after Turkey approved Sweden\u2019s bid, Orban appeared to finally greenlight Sweden\u2019s NATO bid, saying in January that he had invited Kristersson to visit Hungary to negotiate the terms of Sweden\u2019s accession.    <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country had opened a new phase with Sweden during a joint press conference with Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson on Friday as Budapest prepares to ratify Stockholm\u2019s long-delayed NATO bid. 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