Prior to Fico coming to power, Slovakia had been one of Ukraine’s staunchest critics and came to power on the pledge to halt supplies of Slovak army military stocks to Kyiv.
Fico has time and again called for an end to Western military support for Ukraine, an immediate ceasefire, and peace talks with Moscow. He said recently President Vladimir Putin had been “unfairly demonised” and argued admitting Ukraine to Nato would mark the beginning of a third world war and have an impact in the region.
Pellegrini’s campaign echoed Korčok of being a warmonger who would send Slovak soldiers to fight in Ukraine – a constitutional power the president does not have.
With inputs from Reuters
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Publish date : 2024-04-08 07:00:00
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