28 June 2023 at 18:21 Hungary postpones vote on Swedish NATO membership Hungary’s National Assembly has again postponed the vote on Swedish NATO membership, according to several Hungarian elected officials, according to AP. No vote will be planned during the last week of the National Assembly’s spring session next week, writes opposition politician Agnes Vadai on Facebook. AP writes that they get confirmation from a party member that the vote will be postponed. Sweden has lobbied the Hungarian and Turkish governments in the hope of getting its application for membership approved before the Nato summit in Vilnius in July. In Turkey, a new Koran burning on Swedish soil on Wednesday has sparked outrage. Earlier on Wednesday, Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson cast doubt on whether the country would be included in the defense alliance before the Vilnius summit. – Sweden wants to become a member of NATO, but no one can promise that it will happen in Vilnius or just before that, even though it has always been our and our allies’ ambition, Kristersson said in an interview with SVT. (NTB)
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