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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden will not negotiate with Hungary over its application to join NATO, which Budapest is the sole member of the alliance still to ratify, Swedish Prime Minster Ulf Kristersson said on Friday. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, however, said he now expected Hungary’s parliament to give a green light at the end of next month when it reconvenes. Sweden, along with Finland, applied to join the alliance in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But its membership has been held up by Turkey and Hungary, leaving the country in limbo and frustrating NATO allies, who see Sweden as a…

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