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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has offered his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán the prospect of a meeting in both Brussels and Budapest, as the Nordic country looks to have its application to join the NATO military alliance finally approved. Sweden applied to join NATO in May 2022, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But all existing members need to give their assent before the country can join. Hungary has so far held out. There are expectations that Sweden’s ordeal could be coming to an end after Turkey’s parliament gave its approval this week after months of delays. Turki…