Slovakia still sees no reply from Russian TV about controversial documentary

Slovakia has insisted on respecting the historical truths regarding the events of 1968, which represented a significant and long-term tragedy for its citizens, according to a statement from the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry on Friday -the 47th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. As TASR learnt from the ministry press department, the Slovak Embassy to Russia still has not received any response to the letter addressed to the management of Russian state-owned television channel Rossiya, in which the embassy protested against the documentary titled 'Warsaw Pact - Pages Declassified' which aired in May. According to the ministry, the TV station's management has also ignored another letter that conveyed the official Slovak take on the events of August 1968. Slovakia considers statements in the documentary to be an example of revisionism and an attempt to distort historical truths about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact forces, with the narrative containing untruths and old ideological clichés. Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák also pointed this out to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in person in June.