Hungary has dropped its opposition to Mark Rutte as the next NATO secretary-general, Dutch media reported on Tuesday, after the outgoing Dutch prime minister and his Hungarian counterpart met on the sidelines of a EU leaders meeting in Brussels.
Citing sources, Dutch outlets NOS and RTL reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban did not reiterate his demand for an apology from Rutte for what Orban described last month as "problematic" opinions on Hungary.
The apology had been one of the two conditions Hungary had put forward for approving Rutte as the successor to Jens Stoltenberg at the helm of NATO.
The other - the guarantee that Hungary would not have to provide funding for Ukraine or send personnel to the war-torn country - was met last week by Stoltenberg.
NATO takes decisions by consensus, so any candidate needs the support of all 32 allies.
