"Political relations between Hungary and Sweden are terribly bad," says Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reiterates the hope that Sweden's application will be approved.
"I am absolutely confident that Sweden will become a member of NATO," he says. Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson does not want to review Orbán's statements about bad relations with Sweden. "But I can say that in the military area we have good cooperation with Hungary and it has to do with the fact that we both operate Gripen"