Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico continues to make headlines along with his seemingly uncompromising stance on Ukraine, saying many forbidden truths, together with essentially the most taboo one: Kiev must cede territory for peace. In all probability rather a lot.
Fico stated the one option to finish Russia’s struggle in opposition to Ukraine is for Kyiv to acknowledge the territorial losses it withstood, one thing Politico calls ‘give up some of its territory to the invaders’.
The Slovak chief additionally restated his opposition to NATO membership for Ukraine.
Politico reported:
“’There has to be some kind of compromise’, Fico told Slovak public broadcaster RTVS on Saturday, according to media reports. ‘What do they expect, that the Russians will leave Crimea, Donbas and Luhansk? That’s unrealistic’.”
Fico took energy in December, after his leftist-populist Smer celebration received September’s election.
He promised to cease sending weapons to Ukraine, block Kyiv’s potential NATO membership, and to oppose sanctions on Russia.
The Slovak PM’s interview comes forward of a gathering between the Slovak chief and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, deliberate for Wednesday.
“‘I will tell him that I am against the membership of Ukraine in NATO and that I will veto it’, Fico stated, referring to Shmyhal. ‘It might merely be a foundation for World Struggle III, nothing else.
‘Ukraine is not an independent and sovereign country’, Fico continued, however ‘under the total influence and control of the United States’.
‘I will confirm that he will not receive any weapons’ from the Slovak authorities, Fico stated, accusing Ukraine of being ‘one of the most corrupt nations in the world’.”
On this similar vein, Slovakia’s Tradition Ministry additionally introduced it’s going to resume cooperation with Russia and Belarus following its suspension in March 2022 after the beginning of the struggle in Ukraine.
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