Orbán in Washington and he took the ratification documents for Sweden’s NATO accession, so Sweden became a member

The ratification documents for Sweden’s NATO accession have been submitted at the US department of state, the foreign minister said after personally taking the documents to Washington, DC, and then phoning his Swedish counterpart on Thursday.

The ministry cited Péter Szijjártó as saying that Hungary’s parliament recently approved Sweden’s NATO accession, an important precondition for which was to rebuild trust between Hungary and Sweden. “The prime ministers of both countries have done much work for this, among others, by expanding a defence cooperation agreement, which provided a sufficient basis for carrying things forward,” he added.

Szijjártó said he instructed the Hungary’s ambassador to Washington, Szabolcs Takács, to deliver the ratification documents to the US department of state, which happened at 2pm local time. “As a result, we have finished all the work necessary for Sweden to become a NATO member”.

He added that Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom had expressed thanks and the two were in agreement that there was an opportunity to give new impetus to bilateral relations, which would serve the interests of both sides.

According to 24.hu, Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson submitted the Swedish ratification documents later yesterday in the presence of US secretary Antony Blinken. As a result, Sweden became the 32nd member of the military alliance.

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