US is "confident" Sweden will soon join NATO - US envoy to Hungary

The United States is "confident" that Sweden will soon be a member of NATO, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary said on Thursday, adding he had been assured by the Hungarian government that Budapest would not be the last to ratify the bid.

"I have been repeatedly assured at the senior-most levels of this government that Hungary will not be last to ratify Sweden’s accession to NATO," Ambassador David Pressman said.

Sweden's NATO membership is still pending ratification by Turkey and Hungary.