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The Hungarian parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of Finland joining NATO, making it the 29th out of 30 countries to join the alliance.
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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán votes on Finland’s NATO membership bid with deputies in the parliament next to Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semje, Budapest, Hungary, March 27, 2023 (AP).
Finland’s bid to join NATO was approved by the Hungarian parliament on Monday. With Hungary’s approval, 29 of the 30 NATO member states have approved Finland’s bid to abandon its long-standing non-alignment decision and join NATO.
In Hungary, 182 members of the parliament voted in favor of Finland joining the alliance, and only 6 members voted against it. The Nordic country still needs Turkey’s approval for Finland to join the alliance.
At the beginning of this month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that the ratification of Finland’s NATO membership will be completed before the presidential elections in Turkey on May 14.
On another note, Erdogan said that the ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership will depend on Stockholm’s future activities.
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto signed the law allowing his country to join NATO on March 23. The president signed the law in Helsinki on Thursday after parliament approved it earlier this month.
Read more: Sweden’s prime minister says Finland will join NATO sooner than Sweden
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