Slovakia’s Robert Fico says the celebration ought to don’t have anything to do with present-day conflicts
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Saturday introduced his intention to go to Moscow to have fun the eightieth anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Chatting with the host of the ‘Saturday Dialogues’ present on Slovakia’s RTVS radio, Fico mentioned the occasion ought to don’t have anything to do with right now’s conflicts.
“Who will cease me subsequent yr, when it will likely be the eightieth anniversary of the tip of World Warfare II, from going to a peaceable demonstration in Moscow? I believe I’ll go. And why wouldn’t I am going. What does it must do with the current time?” Fico said, responding to a query from the host about his attainable attendance.
Fico mentioned he wouldn’t let anybody neglect that “freedom got here from the East,” apparently referring to the liberation of Slovakia from Nazi occupation by the Soviet Military in spring 1945. With regard to present-day Ukraine, he mentioned he just lately reiterated to authorities in Kiev that he doesn’t perceive why they proceed to battle the Russians.
Since returning to energy in 2023, Fico has stopped Slovak weapons deliveries to Ukraine. He has additionally repeatedly referred to as for a diplomatic answer to the battle. At a press convention earlier this week, the premier vowed to do the whole lot in his energy to revive relations with Moscow as soon as the preventing ends.
Earlier this month, Fico lambasted the West for condemning the atrocities dedicated by the Third Reich throughout WWII whereas turning a blind eye to Ukrainian troops sporting Nazi symbols. In a speech the previous web site of Sered focus camp in western Slovakia, he referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood to cease “silently tolerating” Kiev’s forces utilizing Nazi insignia.
Moscow has lengthy tried to attract the eye of the worldwide neighborhood to the rising affect of Nazi ideology among the many Ukrainian public, and has made the “denazification” of Ukraine one of many objectives of the army operation it launched in February 2022.
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Russian Safety Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev accused the West earlier this yr of nurturing and supporting trendy Nazis by backing Ukraine in its battle with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin additionally just lately slammed the West for “forgetting the teachings of World Warfare II” and “mocking historical past” by justifying the actions of present followers of the Nazis.
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