Slovak PM Robert Fico said on Saturday that Ukraine is not a sovereign country.
“Ukraine is not an independent and sovereign country,” Fico told RTVS.
The politician promised during his election campaign that he would seek to eradicate all ties with Ukraine, because “It would merely be a basis for World War 3, nothing else,” he stressed.
He opposes military aid to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia, as well as his opposition to Ukraine’s desire to join NATO, saying that “Ukraine is under the total influence and control of the United States.”
Fico also mentioned there is no military solution to the current conflict and Ukraine will have to give up some of its territory.
“There has to be some kind of compromise, which will be very painful for both sides,” he added.
Fico is due to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal on Wednesday in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, on the border with Slovakia.
“I will tell him that I am against the membership of Ukraine in NATO and that I will veto it,” Fico stated.
