Slovakia can't respect the results of the upcoming referendum in Ukraine scheduled for this Sunday, Prime Minister Robert Fico said at a session of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday. Fico added that EU leaders agreed, while convening at a summit in Brussels last week, which the vote runs counter to the country's Constitution. “That's the official stance of the European Council,” said the Premier, pointing to an agreement on the issue between EU countries present at the session.
Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák said that the referendum will change things much for the worse. “There have been intensive diplomatic efforts to come up with a solution to this,” said Lajčák. Foreign affairs ministers are set to meet up next Monday, while the EU's top representatives may meet by the end of this week as well. Lajčák went on to caution that the vote on joining Crimea to Russia would be a massive complication to efforts aimed at overcoming the crisis.
