Hungarian Parliament postpones vote on ratification of Sweden and Finland's NATO membership

The Hungarian National Assembly has once again postponed the vote on the ratification of the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO.

Report informs via Interfax that now it will have to take place no earlier than March 20, the Associated Press reports with reference to the decision of the parliament.

Until now, the agenda of the parliament meetings indicated that the vote on the accession of the Scandinavian countries to the alliance will be held from March 6 to March 9.

Now the vote will be held during the session of the parliament which will start on March 20.

At the same time, in December 2022, Hungary announced that it would consider ratification no earlier than February 20.