(Budapest Comprehensive) After Sweden agreed to sell fighters to Hungary, Hungary agreed to Sweden to join the North Atlantic Convention (NATO), and Sweden's last obstacle to NATO was cleaned.
Hungarian Prime Minister Olban on Friday (February 23) held a joint press conference with the visiting Swedish Prime Minister Christone in Budapest that Hungary and Sweden were ready to fight and dedicate their lives for each other.Olban said in a speech on Saturday of the year, saying that the Hungarian Parliament will vote for voting at the beginning of the Parliament Spring Conference next week to complete the procedure for approval of Sweden.
The lease agreement of the "GRIPEN" fighter made by 14 Hungarian Sweden will expire in early 2026.Sweden had previously announced that the ownership of the 14 aircraft will be transferred to Budapest.According to the new agreement, Sweden will also provide four "Eagle Lions" fighter aircraft for Hungary; SAAB AB, Swedish weapon manufacturing group, will also set up an artificial intelligence research center in Hungary.
Hungary has delayed 19 months on the issue of approval by Sweden, but Olban stated on Friday that Sweden provided Hungary with a new type of fighter and the establishment of a research center, which has nothing to do with Hungary's approval of Sweden to join NATO.Olban is the closest leader in the European Union and Russia in the European Union. He once said that Ukraine's offense against Russia is destined to fail.
Government spokesman Zell Tan Civic previously released news that the Hungarian National Assembly approved Sweden to join NATO for the final vote on February 26.
Sweden applied to join NATO at the same time with Finland in May 2022.According to the NATO regulations, the application must be unanimously agreed by all members of NATO.Finland was allowed to join NATO in April last year.The obstacles to Sweden are Turkey and Hungary, of which Turkey has approved Sweden to join in January.Türkiye reached an agreement with the United States to purchase the US F-16 fighter.
The Olban government has a state of reservations that accept Sweden, so that the outside world's attention focuses on Hungary, a country that does not have military, diplomatic, or economic influence.The Hungarian economy produces 1 % of the EU, and has a army with about 40,000 active soldiers, which is about the size of the New York City Police Force.