Slovakia will veto Ukraine’s entry into NATO to avoid a “world war”

The Prime Minister of Slovakiapopulist Robert Fico, guaranteed today that his country will block the entry of Ukraine at the NATO to avoid a world war.

“We will block and veto the accession of Ukraine The NATObecause it would be nothing other than the basis for a third World War”declared to the public broadcaster RTVS the head of the Government, who was opposed to his country continuing to send weapons so that Ukraine defend against Russian aggression.

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Fico, who will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday, Denis Schmyhain Uzhhoroda city in Ukraine, on the border with Slovakiaindicated that at this meeting he will present a new humanitarian aid package.

It is not the first time that the head of the coalition government between left-wing populists and ultranationalists opposes the eventual entry of Ukraine into the Atlantic Alliance.

In his statements today, he insisted that Slovakia will stop supplying weapons from its arsenals to Ukrainebut will allow the sale of this material by Slovak defense companies.

He also argued that Ukraine introduce the European Union if it meets, he said, the same conditions as other countries.

Before the change of government last October, Slovakia He was one of the strongest defenders of European Union the delivery of military aid to Ukraine.

Fico, who was already in charge of the Executive of Bratislava During three terms (2006-2010, 2012-2016 and 2016-2018), he governed with his party Smer and another formation that also defines itself as social-democratic, The voice (Hello), as well as with the extreme right Slovak National Party (social media).

Smerlike this Hello (which defends positions closer to the European Union and the NATO what Smer), were suspended from European Socialist Party for allying with the far-right SNS.

Source: Elcomercio

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