The difficulty is anticipated to be mentioned on the European Council assembly this week, in response to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated on Wednesday that he believes there’s a excessive risk the Ukraine battle may finish quickly, information company TASR has reported.
Fico made the remarks at a session of the parliamentary European affairs committee earlier than leaving for Brussels for a European Council assembly the place Ukrainian chief Vladimir Zelensky has been invited to current his so-called victory plan.
“The likelihood of ending the struggle in Ukraine in a short while may be very excessive,” the Slovak chief was quoted as saying, including that he expects the European Council assembly to point when that could possibly be the case.
He highlighted that “the difficulty of inviting Ukraine to NATO is immediately being introduced up,” and stated that such an invite wouldn’t be “freed from cost.”
Fico reiterated that Slovakia opposes Ukraine’s invitation to NATO as a result of he believes it might lead to World Warfare III.
The Slovak PM already stated earlier this month that Bratislava would veto Ukraine’s potential accession to the US-led bloc and can “by no means agree” to it as a result of risk of a world struggle posed by such a transfer.
NATO pledged to carry Ukraine into the fold in 2008, ignoring Russia’s warnings that it might view that as a serious risk to its nationwide safety. Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that one of many predominant causes for the battle, which started in February 2022, was Ukraine’s want to hitch NATO and its “genocide” of the folks in Donbass, which is now a part of Russia.
Russia has by no means dominated out talks on Ukraine, and Putin stated in June that Moscow would instantly conform to a ceasefire and begin negotiations if Kiev had been to withdraw troops from the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye Areas and decide to neutrality. However in August, he stated that any dialogue was out of the query so long as Ukrainian troops proceed to occupy a part of Russia’s Kursk Area.
Ukraine has repeatedly rejected something in need of returning to its 1991 borders, which Russia considers delusional.
On Wednesday, Zelensky introduced his ‘victory plan’ to the Ukrainian parliament, suggesting it may assist carry the battle with Russia to a detailed as early as subsequent yr. The plan, amongst different issues, features a demand that Kiev obtain an invite to instantly be part of NATO. Zelensky additionally known as for strengthening Ukraine’s protection capabilities, together with by lifting Western restrictions on using foreign-made long-range weapons for strikes towards Russia, and urged continued incursions into the neighboring nation’s territory.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has suggested Kiev to “sober up” and acknowledge the roots of the battle, saying that “most probably, it’s the identical American plan to maintain combating a struggle with us to the final Ukrainian, which Zelensky has camouflaged and now calls a peace plan.”
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