The Czech government does not plan to resume intergovernmental consultations with Slovakia, which it suspended last March. On Sunday (2 February), Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said this on a public TV prime time debate, while again rejecting Robert Fico's words that the Czech Republic was interfering in Slovakia's internal political affairs.
Regarding the intergovernmental consultations, Fiala said that this is a special format. "It is not something that is necessary, it is something extra. In the current situation, such a format would be out of place and would not help anything," he said.
The Czech Prime Minister also made it clear that he is still in contact with Fico and that the individual ministers communicate with each other in the same way.
Fiala also touched on Friday's remarks by the Slovak Prime Minister, who at a meeting with members of the diplomatic corps accused the Czech Republic of interfering in Slovakia's internal affairs and directly addressed the Czech ambassador in Bratislava, Rudolf Jindrak, who was present.
"I consider this to be totally disproportionate and wrong, especially towards such a professional ambassador as Rudolf Jindrák, who really tries to make Czech-Slovak relations as good as possible in difficult moments," Fiala said.
According to the Czech Prime Minister, none of the representatives of the Czech government coalition interfere in Slovak politics, but he has the right to express himself when the actions of the Slovak Republic concern Czech interests.
"If someone is more critical of Brussels than of Moscow, it is certainly not something that we could consider to be in our interest in the current complex international situation," Fiala explained.
Source: STVR
