Fico criticized Kallas for discouraging participation in the celebrations in Moscow; the West is allegedly organizing Maidan

Bratislava – Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico (Smer-SD) responded to the words of the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, who warned EU member state leaders against visiting Moscow on the occasion of the May celebrations of Victory Day. He called them disrespectful. He announced that he would participate in the visit to Moscow and added that the West is organizing maidan protests. TASR was informed about this by the press and information department of the Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic.

“Ms. Kallas, I would like to inform you that I am the legitimate Prime Minister of Slovakia – a sovereign country. No one can tell me where I should or should not travel. I will go to Moscow to pay my respects to the thousands of Red Army soldiers who died while liberating Slovakia. As well as to the millions of other victims of Nazi rampage. Just as I paid my respects to the victims of the landings in Normandy or in the Pacific, or how I will go to pay my respects to the RAF pilots,” Fico responded.

He asks whether Kallas’s warning is blackmail or a statement that he will be punished upon his return. According to him, the statement confirms that a discussion about the essence of democracy is needed in the EU.

“About what happened in Romania or France in connection with the presidential elections, what kind of maidans the West is organizing in Georgia or Serbia, how the abuse of criminal law against the opposition in Slovakia was ignored,” the Prime Minister added.

He added that as one of the few in the EU, he constantly speaks about the need for peace in Ukraine and does not belong to the fervent advocates of continuing the war.

Kallas warned EU member state leaders on Monday (April 14) against visiting Moscow on the occasion of the May celebrations of Victory Day. Given that Russia is waging war in Europe, their participation will not be taken lightly, Kallas noted after the conclusion of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg. (April 15)