Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, a left-wing anti-globalist whose organization Direction Sociallemocracy (SMER) opposes further military support for Ukraine and won the September elections, opposed the EU and NATO, saying that Slovak-Russian relations would be standardised after the conflict ended.
Statements by Robert Fico accompanied harsh criticism of the US and EU strategy towards Ukraine after meetings with the US Ambassador Gautama Rana and Ambassador to Russia Igor Bratchikov Thursday, November 30. The Slovak paper Hospodárske Noviny informs about this.
Slovakia should "to prepare for the post-war period in Ukraine and normalize relations with Russia“ Fico said. His remarks will surely inspire the enthusiasm of many partners from NATO and the European Union.
"The Slovak Republic is simply a associate of the EU and NATO, and this evidently affects the priorities of our abroad policy. On the another hand, this must not limit us in sovereign positions that are not obliged to respond to 1 "appropriate" opinion of the European Union," Fico wrote on social networks.
In fresh meetings, the Prime Minister outlined the national priorities of his left-wing government and stressed the drive for sovereignty. His view of the conflict in Ukraine is very akin to that of the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán. As if repeating his remarks, the last of which was given in Switzerland only a fewer days ago, Fico said that he besides considered the EU and US strategy towards Ukraine to be a clear failure.
The Slovak Prime Minister besides confirmed that the main direction of his abroad policy will be "Security and promotion of Slovak national and national interests". According to him, they include "support for peace initiatives, not war activities in Ukraine".
Fico's comments came only a fewer days after a state visit to the Czech Republic, a staunch supporter of Ukraine, where he called the Russian-Ukrainian conflict "frozen" and added that there was no military solution.
Fico, whose rhetoric, like Orbán, frequently contradicts the popular opinion, announced the day after his office that Slovakia would "no longer supply arms to Ukraine" and would confine itself to sending humanitarian aid. ‘I don't truly support military aid to Kiev... Immediate cessation of war is the best solution for Ukraine“ He said.
At the same time, Fico explained at the beginning of this period that his government would not prevent the export of arms to Ukraine through private arms companies. "We have made it very clear, and I would like to stress this again: we are talking about weapons, about ammunition from the magazines of the Slovak army, about state weapons. If a private company wants to produce weapons and send them somewhere, no 1 will prohibit them," Fico said after the first gathering with the Slovak Defence Minister Robert Kalinák.
for ‘The European Conservative’
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