The Prime Minister of Slovakia referred to the war in Ukraine as a frozen conflict

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, during his visit to Prague, referred to the full-scale Russian aggression in Ukraine as a frozen conflict, which, in his opinion, cannot be resolved by supplying arms to Kiev.

This was reported by the Associated Press.

The new government of Slovakia has decided to cease the transfer of military aid to Ukraine from its warehouses. Following talks with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Fico noted that the war, which began in February of last year, could drag on until 2030, and the policy of sanctions against Russia supposedly doesn’t work, as quoted by TASR.

The Slovak Prime Minister believes it’s better to ‘negotiate peace or a ceasefire.’ At the same time, Fico announced his upcoming conversation with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. According to the Slovak Prime Minister, during this discussion, he plans to talk about Slovakia’s participation in demining Ukrainian territory, its needs for this winter—such as portable heating generators.

Fico added that Slovakia is ready to provide humanitarian and civilian assistance to Ukraine.

‘Just accept it, please, we do not want to supply weapons to Ukraine,’ summarized the Slovak Prime Minister.

Recall that Fico’s party, Smer-SD, won the early parliamentary elections in Slovakia on September 30. After the elections, Fico stated that Slovakia has ‘more serious problems than the issue of Ukraine’ and promised that his party would do everything possible to contribute to peaceful negotiations. On October 25, Fico was officially appointed as the Prime Minister of Slovakia.

On October 26, before departing for a two-day EU summit in Brussels, Fico stated that he is ‘for zero’ military aid to Ukraine and against new EU anti-Russian sanctions. Media reports indicated that Fico and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the EU leaders’ summit were against allocating €50 billion to Ukraine.

After the EU summit in Brussels on October 27, Fico referred to Ukraine as one of the ‘most corrupt countries’ in the world.”