Robert Fico, the leader of the Slovak opposition party, said that Ukraine “will not suffer a single bullet” if he wins.
The opposition party of former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who categorically opposed military support to Ukraine, won the country’s parliamentary elections. Kurs-Social Democracy (Smer-SD) party received 23.42 percent of the votes. This is evidenced by official data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic after 99% of the votes have been counted.
Post “Progressive Slovakia”The party, which adopted a pro-Ukrainian stance, won 17 percent of the voters. Also in the country’s parliament “Voice – social democracy” (Hlas-SD) – 15% of voters voted for him, bloc “ordinary people” (OĽANO a priatelia) received 9% of the votes, “Christian Democratic Movement” (KDH) – 6.9%, “Freedom and Solidarity” (SaS) – 6.2% and “Slovak National Party” (SNS) received 5.7% of the votes.
Robert Fico’s stance on the war in Ukraine
CNN commentators stated that former Prime Minister Robert Fico did not hide his sympathy for the Kremlin and accused “Ukrainian Nazis and fascists” of “provoking Russian President Vladimir Putin” to launch the invasion. The politician called on the Slovak government to stop the supply of arms to Ukraine and also opposed its entry into NATO.
In addition, Fico does not exclude cooperation with the far-right extremist party “Republic”, which claims that the military conflict in Ukraine is a result of the “NATO expansion policy” and “Kiev’s aggression against the Russian minority in eastern Ukraine.” ”
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Fico stated that the arms supply to Ukraine brought nothing but murder and promised that Ukraine would not receive a single bullet from Slovakia if he won the elections.
“Kiev will not suffer another bullet from us. It is better to negotiate peace and stop hostilities for 10 years than to allow Ukrainians and Russians to kill each other for another decade without consequences,” he said. Diplomatic solution to the situation in Ukraine.
It was previously reported that on September 14, the Slovak Republic deported an employee of the Russian Embassy in Bratislava. The reason for the expulsion of the Russian diplomat is his actions, which, according to the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, grossly violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
Source: Focus
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