Fico has vowed to block Ukraine’s NATO membership

The Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico, before a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmygal, scheduled for January 24, made a number of scandalous statements. In particular, he said that he would block the country’s entry into NATO, and also said that Ukraine is under the full influence of the United States. Local publication Aktuality reported this on Saturday, January 20.

“I will say (Shmygal – ed.) that I am against the membership of Ukraine in NATO, that I will use the right of veto and block it, because it will be the foundation of the Third World War,” said Fico, and added that this course is very important for him. .

In addition, Fico called Ukraine a state under the “full influence of the United States,” and also indicated that it would have to cede part of its territory to Russia.

“There must be some kind of compromise, which will be very painful for both sides. What are they waiting for? That the Russians leave Crimea, Donbass and Lugansk? This is unrealistic,” said Fico.

He said that there was no joint press conference after the meeting with Shmygal, because the Ukrainian side did not want it.

Also, the head of the Slovak government promised to bring humanitarian aid to him in Uzhgorod, where the meeting will take place, and again emphasized that Slovakia at the state level will not help Ukraine with weapons.

At the same time, there will be no barriers to commercial supplies of weapons.

“Let anyone who wants to make money from weapons, as much as they want. If Slovak companies do not make money, the Americans will,” he said.

Earlier, Shmygal said he was planning a meeting with Fico to remove possible obstacles to the allocation of 50 billion euros in EU aid to Ukraine.

Fico discussed Ukraine with US representatives