Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has confirmed that the ratification documents for Sweden's NATO accession have been submitted to the US Department of State.
After personally delivering the documents to Washington, DC, Minister Szijjártó said Hungary’s parliament recently approved Sweden’s NATO accession, an important precondition for which was to rebuild trust between Hungary and Sweden. “The prime ministers of both countries have done much work for this, among others, by expanding a defence cooperation agreement, which provided a sufficient basis for carrying things forward,” Szijjártó said he instructed Hungary’s ambassador to Washington, Szabolcs Takács, to deliver the ratification documents to the US department of state, which happened at 2pm local time, and he also noted that he personally phoned his Swedish counterpart. “As a result, we have finished all the work necessary for Sweden to become a NATO member”. He added that Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström had expressed thanks and the two were in agreement that there was an opportunity to give new impetus to bilateral relations, which would serve the interests of both sides.