Hungary has approved Sweden’s bid to join NATO. The eastern European country is the last member state to back the expansion. New countries need unanimous support among NATO members to join.
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00:00 Hungary has signed off on Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance.
00:05 Hungary is the last of the bloc's members to back the expansion, ending a year and a
00:09 half of delays.
00:11 New countries need unanimous support among NATO members to join.
00:15 Sweden will join 29 other European NATO members, abandoning its longstanding neutrality after
00:20 Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
00:24 Sweden's defense minister has welcomed Hungary's approval.
00:27 "It's incredibly positive that we are now, hopefully, going to become members.
00:32 I don't think it's a matter of weeks, it's a matter of days.
00:36 It's going to be good for Sweden, it's going to be good for NATO, it's going to be good
00:40 for the stability in the entire Atlantic region, that Sweden can become a full member of NATO."