Slovak PM accuses opposition of sycophancy towards Zelenskyy
www.pravda.com.ua
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:15:45 +0200
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has criticised the recent visit of Slovak MPs to Kyiv, calling it a gesture of sycophancy.
Source Slovak news outlet Pravda, citing Fico in an address, as reported by European Pravda Details In the address, Fico accused opposition MPs of preparing a coup dtat.
The Slovak prime minister stressed that the current government will be ready for anything, especially for a possible Maidan referring to the 2014 Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine.
Fico claimed that the Slovak MPs who visited Kyiv on 17 January had kissed Zelenskyys ring and promised support for Ukraines NATO membership if they gained power.
He also asserted that they had promised Slovakia would join in sending a contingent of Western troops to Ukraine.
The government I lead will never support Ukraines membership in NATO, as it will only lead to World War III.
We will also never propose sending troops to Ukraine to use their weapons against Russia, he said.
He stressed that he plans to respond to the cessation of Russian gas transit through Ukraine and threatened to veto any further EU aid to Kyiv.
Robert Fico is a Slovak prime minister, not a Ukrainian servant, he added.
At the same time, Fico defended his fellow party member, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Tibor Gapar, who has acknowledged the possibility of Slovakias withdrawal from the EU.
I absolutely agree with him that Slovakia should prepare for all possible crises that the EU may face in a very short period of time, he concluded.
Background Gapar, together with the leader of the nationalist Slovak National Party, Andrej Danko, recently made a severalday trip to Russia.
Subsequently, it was reported that a delegation of Slovak opposition politicians had arrived in Kyiv to support friendly relations with Ukraine amidst the ongoing tensions between Kyiv and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
On the same day, Zelenskyy held a meeting with Michal imeka, leader of the largest Slovak opposition party, Progressive Slovakia.
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