The delegation of the Slovak parliament will go to Moscow. It will be headed by Andrej Danko, leader of the Slovak National Party (SNS), which forms the government coalition. Danko, who is also the deputy speaker of the Slovak parliament, said on Sunday that the purpose of this visit is to regulate relations with Russia. At the end of December last year, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.
The six-member Slovakian delegation is due to go to Moscow in January and will include only representatives from two of the three parties in the government coalition: the Directorate (Smer), headed by Prime Minister Fico, and SNS Andrej Danka. Slovaks should talk, among other things: with representatives of the leadership of the State Duma of Russia and the government.
Danko emphasized the need to talk with the Minister of Industry, among others. about nuclear fuel reserves. The head of the SNS noted that the purpose of this trip is to renew communication and collect information necessary to “open the eyes” of Slovaks about the activities of the Russian Federation, especially in the field of economic cooperation with the West. According to him, the information about the lack of cooperation between Western companies and Russia is false.
Danko also stated that he regards this visit as a continuation of the dialogue initiated by Prime Minister Fico in Moscow. On December 22, 2024, the head of the Slovak government spoke with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.
The idea of peace talks in Bratislava
The Deputy Speaker of the Slovak Parliament also pointed to a possible peaceful meeting between Russia and Ukraine in Bratislava. He called on former President Zuzana Kaputova and opposition leaders to join the idea and help implement it, and urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to participate. He expressed confidence that the international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin would not be a problem for organizing this meeting.
Danko is one of the politicians of the coalition of the current government of Russia. In 2024, in one of the interviews, he stated that Russia is not an aggressor and is only defending its interests in Ukraine. He also avoided sanctions policy and did not condemn the occupation of Crimea by Russia in 2014.
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