France urges Turkey and Hungary to ratify Sweden's Nato membership

France's foreign minister urged Turkey and Hungary to deliver on their pledges to come through on Sweden's stalled Nato application.

Hungary and Turkey in July lifted their vetoes against Sweden's entry into the Atlantic alliance, but have been slow to ratify its membership.

"We would like to see Sweden in Nato and we would like to see Turkey and Hungary delivering on what they agreed," French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna told reporters in Helsinki.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán this week said that ratifying Sweden's Nato bid was not "urgent", accusing the Nordic country of having challenged the country's "democratic nature".

For his part, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated in July that ratification by the Turkish parliament would not take place before October.