Erdogan Visits Hungary in Bid to Deepen Bilateral Ties
Energy security and Sweden's NATO membership are expected to be on the agenda, with Hungary and Turkey being the only holdouts not having ratified the country's bid yet.
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Energy security and Sweden's NATO membership are expected to be on the agenda, with Hungary and Turkey being the only holdouts not having ratified the country's bid yet.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that he would seek deeper ties with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, during his second visit to the country within four months.NATO enlargement was discussed during Erdogan's visit, according to Hungarian President Katalin Novak, who also met the Turkish leader.
Turkish, Hungarian leaders pledge deeper ties
The two countries both blocked Sweden's NATO bid. Turkey made it conditional on the US Congress providing Ankara with F-16 fighter jets. Hungary meanwhile maintains warm relations with Moscow.
The two countries are the only holdouts in NATO to not have ratified Sweden’s bid to join the transatlantic alliance.