Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has urged that sooner or later he could be a part of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in blocking the EU's €90 billion mortgage for Ukraine.
Supply: Fico in an interview, as reported by European Pravda, citing Aktuality, a Slovak information web site
Particulars: Fico defended Orbán, who continues to dam approval of the €90 billion mortgage for Ukraine due to the disruption to provides of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline.
"Viktor Orbán is politically proper. Zelenskyy can not run the European Union," he declared.
Fico mentioned a state of affairs may come up sooner or later wherein Slovakia would be a part of Hungary in blocking the mortgage, though he didn’t specify what circumstances would immediate such a transfer.
He reiterated his view that the suspension of oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline is politically motivated and pushed by hostility in direction of Russia and claimed that Russian oil would "strengthen Europe's power safety".
The Slovak prime minister additionally commented on his refusal to journey to Ukraine to satisfy President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying he’s "not suicidal".
"I'm not going to be led by the nostril. You possibly can't say in a single sentence: 'Robert, you might be extraordinarily unpopular in Kyiv, so come to Kyiv, come and go to me.' I'm not that suicidal," Fico mentioned.
Background:
- Fico warned earlier that Slovakia may take additional measures in opposition to Ukraine over the suspension of Russian oil provides.
- Throughout a telephone name on 27 February, Fico and Zelenskyy agreed to carry a gathering, and Ukraine later urged that Fico go to on 6 or 9 March.
- Fico then mentioned he wished to coordinate his place on the Druzhba pipeline with the European Fee earlier than assembly Zelenskyy.
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