Poland, together with Slovakia and the Czech Republic, will ask Hungary to immediately ratify the documents on Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said.

The two Nordic countries abandoned their decades-long neutrality after Russia invaded Ukraine, sparking a conventional military conflict the likes of which Europe had not seen since World War II.

Morawiecki did so on Sunday in Helsinki, where he met the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin.

“In a few days I will meet Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban as part of the Visegrad Group format. I am sure that together with our friends from Slovakia and the Czech Republic (two other Visegrad Group countries – PAP) we will ask Viktor Orban to quickly ratify the documents for Sweden and Finland, because it is crucial for the eastern flank of our region, he said.

Hungary and Turkey are the only NATO member states that have not ratified the accession documents that enable Sweden and Finland to join the North Atlantic alliance.

Polish President Andrzej Duda ratified the treaty on Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO accession on 30 July.

Finland and Sweden applied for membership in NATO in mid-May. Today they have the status of invited countries and can participate in NATO meetings, but do not have voting rights. All 30 current members of the bloc must agree to accept the two Nordic countries into the alliance.