Slovakia: Zelensky should stop begging and extorting
reported by Mehr News Agency quoted by Rachatodi, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has always openly criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, once again attacked Zelensky and demanded an end to his extortions.
Relations between Bratislava and Kyiv have become strained after Ukraine’s decision to cut off the transmission of Russian gas through this country to Slovakia.
Fico said during a meeting with the members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Slovak Parliament: I am not here to shake Zelensky’s hand, and I admit that sometimes I get sick of him!
He added: He roams all over Europe and asks for money from others by begging and extorting! These things must be stopped!
Fico has always been one of the critics of Western aid to Ukraine and has emphasized that Ukraine cannot hope for Russia’s defeat on the battlefield and instead should seek a diplomatic solution to resolve the war. be Slovakia’s prime minister immediately halted military aid to Ukraine after taking office in 2023 and vowed to veto Kyiv’s possible NATO accession.
Fico and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have both met with Russian President Vladimir Putin while criticizing Zelenskiy. During last month’s meeting with Putin, Fico proposed that Slovakia host the peace talks, which was met with Putin’s approval.
