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Czech Republic and Slovakia clash over aid to Ukraine

2024-03-15T16:58:10.740Z

Highlights: Czech Republic and Slovakia clash over aid to Ukraine. The divergence between the two countries does not start today. It is essentially due to a less negative experience of communism for Slovaks. The Czech government is angered by the anti-Ukrainian statements of Robert Fico. He himself is solidly mobilized to help arm Ukraine, of which he is one of the main allies in Europe. The next Czech-Slovak intergovernmental meeting scheduled for the end of April has been canceled and there will be no more until further notice.


DECRYPTION – The divergence between the two countries does not start today. It is essentially due to a less negative experience of communism for Slovaks.


Budapest

The next Czech-Slovak intergovernmental meeting scheduled for the end of April has been canceled and there will be no more until further notice.

This was the decision of the Czech side and its Prime Minister, Petr Fiala, on March 8.

This may not seem like much, but it is unprecedented since the peaceful split of Czechoslovakia on December 31, 1992. The Czech government is angered by the anti-Ukrainian statements of Robert Fico, while he himself is solidly mobilized to help arm Ukraine, of which he is one of the main allies in Europe.

On February 24, the second anniversary of the Russian invasion, the Slovak Prime Minister repeated the Kremlin's propaganda word for word by blaming

“Ukrainian neo-Nazis”

for the outbreak of the Donbass war in 2014 .

A few days before that, he had estimated that Ukraine was under

“the absolute influence of the United States”

and suggested that it should resolve to abandon…

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Source: lefigaro

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