Sweden: NATO Enlargement

(asked on 3rd May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Government of Türkiye, (b) Government of Hungary and (c) governments of other NATO member states on the potential accession of Sweden to NATO.


Answered by
Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 10th May 2023

The UK Government remains fully committed to supporting Sweden's NATO accession. Their membership will make all Allies safer, NATO stronger and the Euro-Atlantic more secure. It remains our objective to meet together as an Alliance of 32 States in Vilnius. The Foreign Secretary regularly engages with Sweden, Hungary, Turkey and other Allies on this issue, including most recently at the NATO Foreign Ministerial, where he pushed for progress on Sweden's accession without delay.

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