{"id":8234,"date":"2024-02-20T14:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T14:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=8234"},"modified":"2024-02-20T14:33:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T14:33:02","slug":"hungary-poised-to-endorse-swedens-nato-membership-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=8234","title":{"rendered":"Hungary poised to endorse Sweden&#8217;s NATO membership application."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"375\" data-id=\"8235\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Sweden-701x375-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Sweden-701x375-1.png 701w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Sweden-701x375-1-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BUDAPEST: Hungary\u2019s ruling Fidesz party proposed that parliament should vote to ratify Sweden\u2019s bid to join NATO on Feb. 26, a move that it would support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur group wishes to support\u201d Sweden\u2019s NATO bid, the Fidesz party said in a document, asking the Speaker of parliament to include the vote in its agenda next Monday. Fidesz has a huge majority in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweden applied to join NATO nearly two years ago, in a historic shift in policy prompted by Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a prolonged delay, Hungary will be the last NATO member to approve the Nordic country\u2019s bid to become the bloc\u2019s 32nd member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson welcomed news of Hungary\u2019s plans to ratify Sweden\u2019s NATO membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hungary\u2019s Prime Minister Viktor Orban had signalled on Saturday that parliament could soon ratify the Swedish bid when it convenes for its new spring session.<br>\u201cIt\u2019s good news that our dispute with Sweden will soon be settled,\u201d Orban told supporters, without providing details.<br>Hungary could discuss deepening economic and defence cooperation with Sweden if the latter\u2019s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson were to visit Budapest, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hungary leases Gripen fighter aircraft made by Sweden\u2019s SAAB (SAABb.ST) under a contract signed in 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUDAPEST: Hungary\u2019s ruling Fidesz party proposed that parliament should vote to ratify Sweden\u2019s bid to join NATO on Feb. 26, a move that it would support. \u201cOur group wishes to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8236,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234\/revisions\/8236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}