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“As far as I’m concerned, I’ll tell you that in these senseless times of armament, when arms companies are rubbing their hands together, just as pharmaceutical companies did during Covid, neutrality would suit Slovakia very well,” Fico responded to a question about the increase in defense spending, the Aktuality news site reported.
The Slovak prime minister has been roundly criticized by European allies for his sympathetic posture toward Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been waging full-scale war on Slovakia’s neighbor Ukraine for more than three years.
Fico will discuss neutrality for Slovakia further with political party leaders on Thursday. Bratislava has been a member of NATO since 2004.
Any defense spending increase must be “reasonably spread out over time” and go toward dual-use programs, the Slovak prime minister said.
Opposition lawmakers and Slovak President Peter Pellegrini criticized Fico for the remarks on neutrality.
“Let’s not open the door to debates on topics that could threaten the security of the Slovak Republic, because the security of our country must be our priority,” Pellegrini said, adding that leaving NATO would be more expensive for Slovakia.
Pellegrini did, however, echo Fico’s sentiment that the NATO spending increase should be spread out “over as long a period as possible” and that a “significant portion” of the additional defense spending should be allocated toward dual-use projects.
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