– In U-Turn, Orban Backs Sweden’s NATO Bid After ‘Overplaying Hand’ With Exasperated Allies:
“I reaffirmed that the Hungarian government supports the NATO-membership of Sweden,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he assured NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a phone call Wednesday. Stoltenberg responded with his own announcement of the “good” phone call, confirming that Orban clearly supported Sweden’s NATO membership. “I look forward to the ratification as soon as parliament reconvenes,” Stoltenberg said on X. It’s being hailed as a major and significant U-turn as Orban says he’ll now urge parliament to back Sweden’s NATO bid.
The day prior, following nearly two years of delays, Turkey’s parliament finally agreed to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership bid, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance following the Ukraine war. But Orban also did something unexpected which has yet again exasperated allies.
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