President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to offensive statements made by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, noting that Fico rejected assistance proposed by Kyiv to mitigate the effects of halting Russian gas supplies.
Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda
Quote: “It’s good that Slovakia’s Prime Minister Fico has finally returned from his vacation at a luxurious hotel in Vietnam and is now in Bratislava. For him, personally, it must be challenging – switching from living in luxury to now trying to fix his own mistakes.”
Details: Zelenskyy criticised the Slovak Prime Minister’s reliance on “shadow schemes” in cooperation with Russia, calling it an obvious mistake.
Quote: “We offered our assistance to the people of Slovakia during their adaptation to the absence of Russian gas transit, but Fico arrogantly refused. Many in Europe warned him that doing nothing and waiting was not an option. Now, he’s resorting to PR, lies and loud accusations to shift the blame away from himself onto someone else.
But the real problem is that he bet on Moscow, not on his own country, not on a united Europe and certainly not on common sense. From the beginning, it was a losing bet.”
More details: Zelenskyy expressed hope that further diversification of energy supplies in Europe, cooperation with the European Commission and potentially increased US gas supplies under a new administration would help resolve the challenges caused by the “shortsightedness of certain European figures”.
Background:
Earlier this week, Robert Fico referred to Zelenskyy as a “beggar and blackmailer” and alluded to an old grievance involving former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a situation that, according to European Pravda, shaped Fico’s negative stance towards Ukraine over the years.
On 12 January, a group of pro-Russian Slovak parliamentarians traveled to Moscow for meetings with State Duma deputies and other Russian officials.
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Publish date : 2025-01-12 09:26:00
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