Hungary’s authorities helps the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland and has submitted the ratification paperwork to the Nationwide Meeting, Minister Gergely Gulyás instructed reporters at a briefing on Saturday.

Gulyás, chief of workers to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, stated the growth of NATO to incorporate the 2 Nordic nations could be ratified by mid-December on the newest, based on media stories.

Requested by a reporter if NATO could be getting stronger with Finland and Sweden becoming a member of, Gulyás replied that he hoped so. He added that it may very well be debated whether or not the growth is in Hungary’s nationwide safety curiosity, however stated that that is irrelevant now, based on the stories.

Hungary and Turkey are the one NATO nations which have but to ratify the accession of Sweden and Finland to the alliance — a course of that began shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin instructed POLITICO on Thursday that she doesn’t count on Hungary and Turkey to dam NATO growth, however warned of the dangers of delaying accession.