BRATISLAVA, Nov7 (NNN-AGENCIES)– Slovakia’s new Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has pledged to halt the country’s military aid to Ukraine, said he has no intention of preventing private defence companies’ exports.
“We have communicated very clearly, and I want to communicate – we are talking about weapons, about ammunition from Slovak army storage, about state material,” Fico said after an inaugural meeting with Defence Minister Robert Kalinak.
“When some company wants to make weapons and send them somewhere, nobody is going to obstruct that.”
Before winning, Fico ran a campaign criticising Western support for Ukraine, sanctions on Russia, and US foreign policies.
Slovakia’s previous centre-right government was a staunch backer of Ukraine and supplied military equipment, including fighting vehicles, an S-300 air defence system and MiG-29 jets. — NNN-AGENCIES
