Swedish PM to visit Hungary ahead of NATO vote

STOCKHOLM, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will travel to Budapest on Friday ahead of the Hungarian parliament’s planned vote next week on the ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership application, his office said on Wednesday.

Hungary is the only NATO member that has not approved Sweden’s application to join the alliance, but the ruling nationalists on Wednesday said they will hold a vote on Monday and vote in favour of the motion. (Reporting by Anna Ringstrom, editing by Terje Solsvik and Louise Rasmussen)

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