Yatsenyuk to Fico: Your statements play into hands of dictator Putin
Ukrainian politician Arseniy Yatsenyuk called recent statements by Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico anti-European and anti-Ukrainian, noting that they "play into the hands of dictator Putin."
“They play into the hands of dictator putin and aggressive russia, who, together with Iran, North Korea, Hamas, Hezbollah and the silent consent of China, threaten the entire free world,” head of the Kyiv Security Forum (KSF), Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014 to 2016) Yatsenyuk said on Facebook in response to Fico’s latest statements.
“Mr. Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico. Yesterday on the ‘5 Minutes to 12’ program, you said that you would not allow Ukraine to join NATO and that you would go to moscow to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the victory in World War II,” Yatsenyuk noted.
He believes that both statements are anti-European and anti-Ukrainian in nature, undermine Slovakia’s security as a NATO member, and undermine the unity of the EU. “Your statements about friendship with russia are probably aimed at your electorate. But if they become the reality, there may be no elections in Slovakia, just as there were no elections during the soviet occupation. As an experienced politician, who’s not in power for the fist time, think about the legacy you’ll leave,” the Ukrainian politician called.
Yatsenyuk recalled that Ukraine and Slovakia had common achievements, in particular when he, as head of government, together with Fico, opened reverse gas supplies to Ukraine, which destroyed the Russian gas monopoly in Ukraine, and also when they were fighting together against Nord Stream 2. “You also did not veto a number of EU decisions in support of Ukraine,” he addressed Fico.
“We in Ukraine, and me personally, supported for you after the terrible attack on you,” he added.
Yatsenyuk called on the head of the Slovak government to come to Kyiv on May 8-9, “because it was the Ukrainian fronts that liberated Slovakia from German occupation during the Second World War.”