Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says that he cannot plan anything with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, since he could go to Davos, but end up somewhere in Sochi:
We don’t know who is buying the tickets because they keep missing destinations.
On January 17, Fico complained to Scholz that the Slovak side had been offering Zelensky a joint meeting in Davos for several days, but he was silent.
We cannot plan anything with Fico, because the Slovak leader may go to Davos, but will end up somewhere in Sochi,” the president said in a commentary to Bloomberg News.
This is how he responded to the Slovak Prime Minister’s proposal to meet on Tuesday in Davos at the World Economic Forum.
Zelensky’s statement came following a meeting with representatives of the largest Slovak opposition party, Progressive Slovakia, and its leader Michal Šimečko.
According to Bloomberg, Slovakia’s opposition has united against the prime minister’s foreign policy, which they believe is pushing the country toward isolation.
Recent polls show Progressive Slovakia already has 23% support, ahead of Fico’s party, which has dropped to 20%.
International relations became a major theme in the 2023 elections, which Fico won by promising to end military aid to Kyiv and strengthen ties with major powers, including Russia, while maintaining the country’s EU and NATO membership.
Our goal is clear – to reopen the door that Fico closed with his aggressive actions,” Šimečko wrote on Facebook.
Earlier, Šimečko said that Fico’s rhetoric jeopardizes Slovakia’s pro-European orientation.
Now the opposition has already proposed amending the country’s constitution to secure Slovakia’s membership in NATO and the EU.
And on Tuesday, January 21, a discussion of a vote of no confidence in the Fico government is scheduled.
So far, the prime minister’s coalition has only a slight majority in parliament, but most experts agree that Fico’s government will be able to survive and retain power.
Source: Racurs
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