Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico announced Wednesday that helium volition question to Moscow connected May 9 to be the 80th day commemorations of the Soviet triumph successful World War II.
Fico, 1 of the fewer European leaders who has maintained adjacent interaction with the Kremlin since the full-scale penetration of Ukraine, revealed connected Facebook that helium had accepted an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“It is... with pleasance that I person accepted the authoritative invitation of the president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin’s invitation to be these important celebrations,” Fico wrote.
He emphasized Slovakia’s committedness to “the bequest of the conflict against fascism, the humanities information of the Second World War and the relation played by the Red Army.”
Since returning to bureau past year, Fico’s authorities has halted Slovakia’s subject assistance to Ukraine and advocated for bid talks with Russia, aligning with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán connected the issue.
Earlier this month, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic besides confirmed his attendance astatine the Moscow events.
The Kremlin has said it plans to marque adjacent year’s May 9 celebrations “the biggest successful its history,” utilizing the juncture to beforehand patriotic and subject values amid its ongoing warfare against Ukraine.
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