EU state’s PM pledges to revive relations with Russia — RT World Information
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has vowed to do every little thing he can to revive relations with Moscow as soon as the preventing between Russia and Ukraine ends.
Since returning to energy final yr, Fico has stopped weapons deliveries from Bratislava to Kiev, and has constantly referred to as for a diplomatic resolution to the battle. In Might, the 60-year-old survived an assassination try, with a pro-Ukrainian activist firing a number of pictures at him. The prime minister shortly recovered and was again at work inside two months.
“If the conflict ends in the course of the mandate of this authorities, I’ll do every little thing to revive financial and normal relations with Russia,” Fico said throughout a press convention on Thursday. His authorities is about to steer the nation till 2027.
The prime minister defined that he would accomplish that as a result of “the EU wants Russia, and Russia wants the EU, after all.”
On the identical time, he stated Slovakia would additionally “care very a lot about pleasant relations with Ukraine.” Fico’s statements have been made forward of a gathering between Slovak and Ukrainian governments subsequent week.
He reiterated his stance that the battle between Russia and Ukraine doesn’t have a army resolution.
“It’s confirmed by the phrases of many politicians, who’re already speaking about compromises, that Ukraine ought to put together for some kind of compromise,” he stated.
Based on the prime minister, a type of politicians is Czech Republic President Petr Pavel.
Pavel, who was a staunch supporter of Ukraine and advocated for the West to offer much more arms and ammunition to Kiev, informed the New York Occasions final month that “essentially the most possible final result of the conflict will likely be that part of Ukrainian territory will likely be beneath Russian occupation, quickly.” He additionally stated Ukraine must be “life like in regards to the help that they will obtain” from its overseas backers.
In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the present difficulties in relations between Moscow and the EU might have been solved if the bloc’s leaders had “felt extra assured and had extra braveness to defend their nationwide pursuits.”
A month later, Putin described the state of relations between Russia and the EU as being “at its lowest level.”
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