Hungary will purchase four new Swedish Jas 39 Gripen fighter jets. The two EU countries extended a maintenance and logistics agreement for the previous 14 Gripen aircraft, which Hungary has leased from Sweden since 2006.
“The basis of Hungarian foreign policy is to gather friends, even if you don’t always see them,” said Orban. Kristersson fulfilled a condition that leading politicians from Orban's Fidesz party had set for approval of Sweden's accession to NATO.