The prime minister of Slovakiathe populist Robert Fico, has assured today that his country will block the entry of Ukraine in the NATO to avoid a world war.
“We will block and veto the accession of Ukraine to the NATObecause it would be nothing other than the basis for a third World War”declared to the public broadcaster RTVS the head of the Government, who has opposed his country continuing to send weapons so that Ukraine defend itself from Russian aggression.
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Fico, who will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday, Denys Schmyhain Uzhhoroda city in Ukraine on the border with Slovakiaindicated that at that meeting he will present a new humanitarian aid package.
It is not the first time that the head of the coalition government between left-wing populists and ultranationalists is opposed to Ukraine’s eventual entry into the Atlantic Alliance.
In his statements today, he insisted that Slovakia will stop supplying weapons from its arsenals to Ukrainebut it will allow the sale of that material by Slovak defense companies.
He also argued that Ukraine enter the European Union if it meets, he said, the same conditions as other countries.
Before the change of government last October, Slovakia He was one of the strongest defenders within the European Union of the delivery of military aid to Ukraine.
Fico, who was already in charge of the Executive of Bratislava During three terms (2006-2010, 2012-2016 and 2016-2018), he governs with his party Smer and another formation that also defines itself as social democratic, The voice (Hello), as well as with the far-right Slovak National Party (SNS).
Smeras well as Hello (which defends positions closer to the European Union and the NATO that Smer), have been suspended from European Socialist Party for allying with the far-right SNS.
