Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday (26 January) he would "not negotiate" with Hungary over Sweden's NATO bid despite Budapest now the sole holdout after Turkey's ratification.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday (26 January) he would “not negotiate” with Hungary over Sweden’s NATO bid despite Budapest now the sole holdout after Turkey’s ratification.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán this week invited Kristersson to Budapest to discuss the issue “at your earliest convenience”, an invitation Kristersson on Thursday accepted.

“I’m happy to go to Budapest … We have a lot to talk about … but we’re not negotiating the NATO membership, there are no negotiations on this,” Kristersson told Swedish television TV4.

“But we could talk about how we will best cooperate in NATO,” he said.

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström on Tuesday said there was “no reason to negotiate” with Hungary.