"Sweden's NATO Accession: Impact on Hungary and Turkey"

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"Sweden's NATO Accession: Impact on Hungary and Turkey"
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Hungarian parliament speaker Sandor Lezsak has signed off on the ratification of Sweden's NATO accession, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country, which abandoned its non-alignment policy for greater safety within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The legislation has been forwarded to the president's office for promulgation, following pressure from NATO allies on Hungary's government to seal Sweden's accession to the alliance.

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