Robert Fico: Difference between revisions

Fico said that sending more and more [[List of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War|weapons to Ukraine]] has only encouraged more killings and endless war, and instead efforts should be made to reach a cease-fire and push Russia and Ukraine toward [[Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine|peace talks]]. In September 2023, he stated in an interview: "Why don't we force the warring parties, use the weight of the EU and the U.S. to make them sit down and find some sort of compromise that would guarantee security for Ukraine?"<ref>{{cite news |title=Slovakia’s Election Threatens to Upend Western Unity on Ukraine |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/slovakia-s-election-threatens-to-upend-western-unity-on-ukraine/7286950.html |work=[[Voice of America]] |date=27 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=We won’t send another bullet to Kyiv, says Slovakia’s PM frontrunner |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/29/we-wont-send-another-bullet-to-kyiv-says-slovakias-fico/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 September 2023}}</ref> He praised the peace plans to end the war put forward by the [[Holy See|Vatican]], [[Brazil]] and [[China]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fico says West’s arms deliveries to Kyiv ‘supports killings’ |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/fico-says-wests-arms-deliveries-to-kyiv-supports-killings/ |work=[[Euractiv]] |date=18 May 2023}}</ref> Fico said Slovakia will continue to help Ukraine in a humanitarian way and his government will do everything possible to start peace talks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Slovakia's poll winner defies European consensus on Ukraine |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovak-party-ps-says-it-will-still-try-form-coalition-after-fico-win-2023-10-01/ |work=Reuters |date=1 October 2023}}</ref>

 

 

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