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Sweden Says It Expects Hungary to Soon Give NATO Membership Approval

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OSLO (Reuters) – Sweden’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that he expects that Hungary will soon approve the Swedish NATO membership application.

Hungary is the only NATO member that has not approved Sweden’s application to join the alliance, with the ruling nationalists citing what they call undue Swedish allegations that they have eroded democracy in Hungary.

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(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Louise Rasmussen)

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