Hungary's ruling party says it's ready to approve Sweden's NATO membership on Monday

Hungary is the only one of NATO's 31 existing members not to have ratified Sweden's application.

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00:00 Hungary is preparing to ratify Sweden's accession to NATO.

00:04 On social media, the leader of the ruling Fidesz parliamentary group announced that

00:09 he had asked the president to include the final vote on the parliamentary agenda for

00:13 next Monday.

00:14 Matej Cox said they intend to support Sweden's entry into the Atlantic alliance.

00:20 On Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban already said they were on track to ratify the accession,

00:25 emphasizing the "important steps taken to re-establish trust."

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