Slovakia has nothing to do with the battle between Moscow and Kiev, Robert Fico has mentioned
Ukraine just isn’t a member of NATO, so the bloc wouldn’t be justified in deploying troops within the nation to defend in opposition to Russia, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has mentioned.
His remarks adopted French President Emmanuel Macron’s interview with the Economist earlier this week, by which he once more refused to rule out a possible deployment of troopers to Ukraine. Such a query would come up “if the Russians had been to interrupt by way of the entrance traces” and if Kiev requested assist from the US-led army alliance, he mentioned.
Fico informed the Slovak parliament on Thursday that such statements are bringing the world nearer to World Struggle Three.
“Ukraine just isn’t a NATO member state,” he reminded the French president. Macron doesn’t communicate for the entire bloc and his phrases concerning the potential deployment of troops to Ukraine are “nobody else’s companies, however France’s,” the prime minister added.
“Slovakia has nothing to do with the struggle in Ukraine, and let me ship a transparent message to the entire of Slovakia: whoever may ask us, no Slovak soldier will set foot past the Slovak-Ukrainian border,” Fico pledged.
British Overseas Secretary David Cameron mentioned on Friday {that a} NATO member committing troops to Ukraine can be a “harmful escalation.” Hungary’s Overseas Minister Peter Szijjarto has echoed the Slovak prime minister’s phrases, warning that such a transfer may result in World Struggle Three.
Since turning into prime minister of Slovakia – an EU and NATO member – in October 2023, Fico has reversed the earlier authorities’s coverage of supplying weapons to Ukraine and insisted there needs to be a diplomatic answer to the battle between Moscow and Kiev.
Moscow has repeatedly warned the West in opposition to sending troops to Ukraine. Russian Overseas Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram on Friday that “nothing will stay” of NATO forces if they’re despatched to the frontline.
