"US Senators Condemn Hungary's Support for Sweden's NATO Bid Amid Domestic Scandal"

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A bipartisan delegation of US senators visited Hungary and urged the government to approve Sweden's NATO bid, criticizing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's delay in ratifying the move. The senators announced a joint resolution condemning alleged democratic backsliding in Hungary and pressuring Orbán to lift the block on Sweden's integration. Orbán indicated that Hungary's legislature might soon relent, but the government declined to meet the visiting senators. The resolution also criticizes Hungary's warm relations with Russia and China, as well as its adversarial stance toward the US.
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