If Sweden does its part in restoring mutual respect in its bilateral relations with Hungary, then members of the Hungarian Parliament will certainly consider accelerating the NATO ratification process, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said in Budva, Montenegro, on Friday. At the 2BS (To Be Secure) annual security policy forum, according to the statement by the ministry, the FM underlined that the government had already submitted a proposal to Parliament last year on the ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership, so now it is up to the body to decide on the future of the process.
He pointed out that the representatives had obtained their mandates in a democratic competition, with many ruling party legislators having received the support of the people four, five, and even six times, and have been working for their constituents’ interests for decades. Despite this, they have to repeatedly keep hearing from hundreds of kilometers away that they got into the National Assembly through an undemocratic, illegitimate, autocratic and dictatorial process, he pointed out.
The Swedes are urging the ratification of their NATO membership, while all we hear from them is that there is no democracy in Hungary. This is unacceptable and is an insult, he said, adding that if Sweden is ready to course correct bilateral relations on the basis of mutual respect, then the lawmakers will certainly be ready to speed up ratification. Läs artikel