PM Orbán invites Swedish PM to Budapest, Kristersson accepts and also proposes Brussels meeting
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has accepted Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s invitation to meet in Budapest to discuss Sweden’s NATO accession and other bilateral matters, and discussion, he added, may also take place in Brussels next week.
In a letter, Kristersson said he agreed with Orbán that “more intensive dialogue” between their two countries would be beneficial.
Turkiye’s parliament ratified Sweden’s NATO accession on Tuesday. Hungary’s national assembly has yet to vote on the matter.
Orbán invited Kristersson to Budapest on Tuesday to discuss his country’s NATO accession and other bilateral issues.
The full letter of Kristersson to Orbán, written in English, can be found HERE.
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Ominous letter if you read between the lines. And the pausing for effect by the Swedes.
You can tell who is on top and who is not (the latter being Mr. Orbán – for the avoidance of doubt). “February 1” is code for the Ukraine package meeting!
The best summation of Hungary’s sabotage of Sweden’s entry to NATO: “It is normal among democratic nations to voice out healthy criticism, but it is not normal to diminish security of all allies without substantive reasons,” Hungary has never made any concrete demands. It spent almost two years ragging the puck. There is no more listening to Orban say “We will approve it at the earliest opportunity.” Hungary has lost all credibility. It is still one month away from the first session of the Hungarian parliament. If is not done in that first week I think Hungary will have to be completely written off as a Russian ally if anyone not already done that yet. We quite possibly have an enemy to the EU and NATO within both organizations who is fishing for promised kickbacks from Putin.
The EU was quite secure without Sweden’s NATO application. Sweden was never threatened by Russia. If a vote would be taken today, most Swedes probably vote against joining NATO. Neutrality gave Sweden protection while joining NATO put Swedish safety in jeopardy.