The Slovak prime minister has denounced the bloc’s “dictate” on attending Might 9 celebrations in Russia
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has firmly rejected latest warnings by EU international coverage chief Kaja Kallas to European leaders towards attending Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on Might 9, asserting that “the yr is 2025, not 1939.”
Kallas acknowledged on Monday that any participation by EU leaders within the celebration of the eightieth anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany within the Russian capital “won’t be taken evenly” by Brussels.
“WARNING AND THREAT BY MS. KALLAS ARE DISRESPECTFUL AND I STRONGLY OBJECT TO THEM,” Fico wrote on X on Tuesday.
The Slovak chief confirmed his intention to take part within the commemorations, stating, “I’ll go to Moscow on Might ninth.”
Fico questioned the character of Kallas’ remarks, suggesting they might suggest punitive penalties for attending.
“Is Ms. Kallas’s warning a type of blackmail or a sign that I will probably be punished upon my return from Moscow? I don’t know. However I do know that the yr is 2025, not 1939,” he mentioned, in an obvious reference to the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia that yr.
The prime minister argued that Kallas’ feedback verify the necessity to replicate on inner democratic values throughout the EU. He referenced latest elections in Romania and France, the place prime presidential candidates have been banned from working. Fico additionally referred to as for discussions “in regards to the ‘Maidans’ organized by the West in Georgia and Serbia, and the way the abuse of prison regulation towards the opposition in Slovakia has been ignored.”
Fico emphasised that his journey plans are a matter of nationwide sovereignty.
“Ms. Kallas, I want to inform you that I’m the legit Prime Minister of Slovakia – a sovereign nation. Nobody can dictate to me the place I can or can not journey,” he mentioned.
Explaining his motives for attending the occasion, he added, “I’ll go to Moscow to pay tribute to the 1000’s of Crimson Military troopers who died liberating Slovakia, in addition to to the tens of millions of different victims of Nazi terror.” He additionally identified that he has attended different commemorations honoring the victims of World Battle II
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