Slovakia refuses to provide military aid to Ukraine. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrad group in Prague this week, for example, he called Monday’s summit in Paris on aid to Ukraine “militant”. “I didn’t hear a single word there about peace and peace talks,” he said.
Ambassador Baker said in a video posted on the X Network that in recent days, he was surprised by statements that the West does not support peace in Ukraine. He also reminded that Slovakia is part of the West, including NATO and the EU.
“To say that we or the West are not interested in peace is incorrect. It is false. Plain and simple. Let us be quite clear that peace can be achieved very easily if Russia withdraws beyond the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine. This condition is not and should not be controversial. Prime Minister Fico clearly said that Slovakia recognizes these borders,” Baker recalled.
The diplomat spoke out for a just and sustainable peace. According to him, Ukraine should not be forced to negotiate a cease-fire, as this would only freeze the war and reward Russian aggression. He also reminded that Ukraine itself convened a broad group of countries to discuss with them the importance of a just and sustainable peace based on the UN Charter at the last economic forum in Davos.
The ambassador recalled that and Fico a few weeks ago the peace plan of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky supported. “It is Russia that has shown no interest in peace,” Baker pointed out.
The Slovak Prime Minister responded to these comments. “I was also shocked by the way the British ambassador to Slovakia, N. Baker, expressed himself about the policy of the Slovak government. “Imagine if our ambassador appeared in London and took issue with British government policy and the British Prime Minister,” Fico wrote on his Facebook profile today.
He added that “perhaps it would be better if Baker explained to the citizens of Slovakia, what role did former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson play when, shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine, he influenced the Ukrainian political leadership not to sign a peace treaty with Russia, which guaranteed Ukraine an EU perspective and military neutrality”. He urged Baker to appeal to British Foreign Secretary David Cameron to publish “his militant appearance at the Paris summit on Monday”. Fico did not say how militant Cameron’s speech was.
Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová also faces criticism. However, due to the meeting of Fico’s minister with Putin’s man. “The meeting of the Slovak-Russian foreign ministers did not bring us closer to a just peace in Ukraine, which Russia invaded illegally and without reason. The fastest way to peace leads through that Vladimir Putin he will order his troops to leave Ukraine, not despite giving him hope of victory and acceptance.” she wrote on the social network X.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met his Slovak counterpart Juraj Blanár yesterday on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum in the Turkish city of Antalya. Ministers “they exchanged views on the most pressing issues of the international agenda, including the situation in Ukraine. The Russian side confirmed its readiness to restore relations with Slovakia at the inter-parliamentary level,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
Dear readers, we are ending our coverage of the war in Ukraine for today. We will bring fresh news on Monday morning, good night.
The final balance after Saturday’s Russian attack on Odessa: 12 dead, including 5 children. This was reported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, which also said that the rescue operations had ended.
“This war must be hopeless for Russia, for terrorists. He must sense that there is a force that destroys those who seek to destroy life. And we can make it happen. Each partner knows what is needed. The main thing is the political will to make it happen. To ensure a level of supply that will help,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on the X network.
This war must become hopeless for Russia, for the terrorists. They must sense that there is force that destroys those who seek to destroy life.
And we can ensure this. Every partner knows what is required. The main thing is political will to make it happen. To ensure a level of… pic.twitter.com/OoNPSushrP
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) March 3, 2024
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