President Zuzana Caputova thinks that when it comes to providing further military aid to Ukraine, there's a need to respect the results of the election and wait for the conclusions of talks on the formation of a new government.
President’s spokesman Martin Strizinec stressed that the head of state supports military aid to Ukraine but doesn't provide approval or disapproval of its provision. Strizinec added that at this time a decision to provide military equipment would create a precedent for changes of political power in the future as well.
Prime Minister Ludovit Odor stated that the outgoing caretaker Government in Slovakia won't send any additional military material to Ukraine. It will not do that although it hopes that the military aid will be continued by the next cabinet. He made his statement on the sidelines of the third summit of the European Political Community (EPC) held in Granada, Spain, on Thursday. At the same event, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala commented on Slovakia's approach to the provision of further military aid to Ukraine. Fiala finds it "less than fortunate", although he understands the reasons that have guided the decision. Czech Prime Minister stated that he understands the reasons behind this latest move, but underlined that Ukraine needs the aid now.
"Remember that the influence of Russian agents in Slovakia is simply enormous,” said secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council in response to Slovak President's statement about the possible suspension of military aid to Ukraine. “What we can see today is the influence of the Russian Federation, which is trying to inflame the situation in Europe," he said in a statement that was taken by Slovak TASR press agency from Ukrainian agency UNIAN.
Source: TASR
