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Swedish PM is in Budapest: NATO accession on the agenda – PHOTOS
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The Prime Minister of Sweden is arriving in Budapest on Friday. The topic will be defence and security cooperation between Hungary and the Scandinavian country. It is expected that NATO membership will also be on the agenda. All that is needed is a decision by Hungary for Sweden to become a member of the North Atlantic alliance.
UPDATE below: Ulf Kristersson is already in Budapest.
Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, will arrive in Budapest on Friday at the invitation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to discuss defence and security policy cooperation between Hungary and Sweden, and preparations for Hungary’s EU Presidency, Világgazdaság reports.
During their meeting, they will also review the strategic agenda facing the European Union, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief, said earlier.
At yesterday’s press conference after the Fidesz-KDNP parliamentary group meeting in Balatonalmádi, Fidesz parliamentary group leader Máté Kocsis said that the party had succeeded in silencing those within the governing party who opposed Sweden’s accession to NATO.
He added that the Swedish Prime Minister’s visit today and the preliminary talks of the past few days have taken relations between the two countries in the right direction.
Following Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s announcement that he would be travelling to Budapest, the leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group wrote to the House Speaker to put the vote on the ratification of Sweden’s accession to NATO on the agenda.
Everyone knows our Politicians do as they are told – why all the theatrics? Worst case, our Government just issues a Decree – job done.
However – Mr. Kristersson is walking out the door with a big defense contract signed. Worth a little trip to Budapest!