President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has shared his recollections of a gathering with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, throughout which he emphasised the necessity to condemn Russian aggression.
Supply: Zelenskyy in an interview with Polish media throughout his go to to Warsaw on 15 January, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Zelenskyy was requested concerning the rise of pro-Russian sentiment in some European international locations, notably Slovakia.
In his view, the problem in Slovakia is that "their politicians aren't totally conscious of or perceive what warfare is they usually merely make the most of the state of affairs".
"Folks in Slovakia naturally have completely different opinions, however the Slovak authorities is taking part in perilous video games and it's doing so as a result of the warfare has not come to their residence. They don't perceive this. And I consider that evil have to be punished," Zelenskyy added.
He went on to recall a dialog with Robert Fico, which, judging by the context, occurred at an EU summit.
"He advised me that 'we nonetheless want to determine the place evil is and the place it’s not' and I replied that we can not forgive a assassin. I requested him, 'You had been shot at. Why didn't you forgive the murderer? Why did you’ve got the one who shot at you detained?'" the president mentioned.
Zelenskyy additional reminded Fico that he and different European leaders had condemned the assassination try, "as a result of capturing folks is a criminal offense. And Putin does the identical; he shoots at different folks".
Background:
- In latest days, relations between Ukraine and Slovakia have sharply deteriorated after the Slovak prime minister started to criticise Kyiv and Zelenskyy personally over the suspension of Russian fuel transit via Ukraine.
- Fico additionally issued an inventory of threats towards Kyiv, together with the potential use of a veto by Bratislava on EU choices relating to Ukraine.
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