At what cost will Slovakia leave the “Western Orbit”?

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” Izvestia, a Moscow publication, wrote in an analysis that the Slovak Republic may have to pay a price for trying to leave the “Western Orbit”. According to experts, Slovakia has been trying to get out of the “Western orbit” for a long time, and with the election of Peter Pellegrini, this path will go faster.

They note that Western leaders and the new president of Slovakia have different views on the situation around Ukraine. Pellegrini does not support the policy of the United States and the European Union in this conflict, and this means that Slovakia under his leadership will not send any weapons to Kiev, which will anger the West.

According to the experts, of course, Slovakia may have to pay the price of its attempt to leave the Western orbit. Meanwhile, it is actually the Western leaders who should start taking responsibility for their people and avoid the situation from being dragged into World War III. At the same time, it is also possible that Slovakia, under the leadership of Pellegrini, could eventually become a bridge to lead Russia and the West to a political dialogue and sit at the negotiating table, a role that Hungary has been unable to play despite its desire. .

Fico did not consider it unlikely that Slovakia would be punished for choosing Pellegrini by the West

Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, also admitted last night that the victory of Peter Pellegrini, as a social democratic politician in the Slovak presidential elections, could lead to the punishment of this country by the West.

Fico said in a video message posted on Facebook last night: “We also have to face the [possible] punishment of our country by the West for electing Peter Pellegrini and not Ivan Karchuk [his election rival, the opposition representative] [liberal] in mind.”

Fico recalled that as a result of the victory of the Social Democratic Party in the Slovak parliamentary elections in the fall of 2023, he was expelled from the group of European socialists. The Prime Minister stressed that his counterparts from the European Union do not agree with the desire of the supporters of Pellegrini’s “Glass-Social Democracy” party to stop supporting Kiev with weapons and money.

Fico In the end, he said: “I would not be surprised if the European Commission, purely for political reasons and because of the results of the presidential elections, suspends its financial payments to our country from EU funds”.

Peter Pellegrini officially won the presidential election campaign in Slovakia on Sunday with 53.12 percent of the vote. One million 409 thousand 255 people voted for him. The second place with 46.87 percent of the votes in the presidential election race was won by Ivan Karchuk, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, with the support of 1,243,709 voters.

The request of the elected president of Slovakia for a quick end to the conflict in Ukraine

Peter Pellegrini, the elected president of Slovakia on behalf of the “Glass” party, which is part of is from the ruling coalition, in his first interview after winning the elections, he emphasized the need to end the military conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible.

He also reminded that After the end of the conflict, Slovakia will look for another opportunity to resume relations with Russia. Pellegrini added: “I will do everything possible to ensure that Slovakia always remains peaceful and stable.

During the campaign, the politician repeatedly He opposed the continuation of military aid to Kiev and reminded: this is not a way to establish peace in this country.

Pellegrini officially ends his presidency on June 15 will start.

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