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Hungarian delegation backs Sweden's NATO application
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Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Csaba Hende talks to the media after a meeting with the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Andreas Norlen in Stockholm, Tuesday March 6, 2023.. A Hungarian delegation, with members from Prime Minister Viktor Orban's governing party is visiting Stockholm. - photo by Caisa Rasmussen/TT via AP
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary said Tuesday that it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid after meeting the speaker of the Swedish parliament to iron out what Hungary’s governing party has called “political disputes.” Some Hungarian lawmakers have raised doubts about whether to support the NATO membership applications by Sweden and Finland, citing what they call “blatant lies” from Stockholm and Helsinki on the state of Hungary’s democracy. But the Hungarian delegation indicated Tuesday that the parliament in Budapest would ultimately ratify Sweden’s NATO bid. “We support Sweden’s NATO membership,” Hungary's deputy parliamentary speaker, Csaba Hende, told Swedish news agency TT.