According to the Associated Press on February 18, a delegation of U.S. senators from both parties made an official visit to the Hungarian capital on the 18th, calling on Hungary to immediately approve Sweden's request to join NATO.
Hungary is the only one of the 31 existing NATO members that has not ratified Sweden's accession, the report said. For more than 18 months, Hungary** has not relented in its approval of Sweden's accession to NATO, because the admission of a new country to NATO requires unanimous approval.
The report mentions that the visiting US senators announced that they will submit a joint resolution to the US Congress condemning the so-called regression of Hungarian democracy and urging Prime Minister Viktor Orban to lift the block to Sweden's accession to NATO.
The report quoted North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis as saying at a press conference at the US Embassy in Budapest: "By approving (Sweden's) accession to NATO, Hungary and your Prime Minister will make a great contribution to freedom-loving countries around the world." ”
The report also said that Szijjártó Peter, the Hungarian governor, said on the 16th that he welcomed the visit of the US senator, but "there is no point in trying to put pressure on us because we are a sovereign country."
"We are glad that they are here, because they can see with their own eyes that everything they read about Hungary on Liberal America ** is a blatant lie," Szijjártó said. (Compiled by Liu Zongya).