“The Alaska summit achieved several objectives,” Fico commented. “For the first time, it dismissed a simplistic view of the military conflict in Ukraine.”
The one-on-one dialogue between U.S. and Russian leaders also “initiated the normalization of relations between Russia and the United States,” he noted.
The meeting “appeared to challenge the singular stance on the war, strongly advocated by the Biden administration, and still upheld by influential players in the European Union,” Fico added. The summit “reflected on those European leaders desiring a new Iron Curtain between Europe and Russia,” Fico mentioned, highlighting that sanctions on the Russian leadership are ineffective.
The Slovak leader has positioned himself alongside Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a pro-Russian voice in the EU. However, unlike Orbán, he supported EU leaders’ statement to Trump prior to the Alaska meeting.
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