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Anti-Russian sanctions

Slovakia to block anti-Russian sanctions that are harmful to it, PM Fico pledges

Slovakia’s parliament on June 5 passed a resolution asking the government to refrain from supporting new anti-Russian sanctions

BRATISLAVA, June 8. /TASS/. Slovakia will block EU sanctions that might do harm to it, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.

"If [the EU suggests] a sanction that will be harmful to us, I will never vote for it. If someone suggests that nuclear fuel supplies from Russia to Slovakia be stopped, I simply will not be able to support this. I will not be able to support this because we will have to shut down five nuclear reactors [at the Slovak nuclear plants]. <…> I repeat once again: if there are any sanctions harming Slovakia’s national and state interests, we will block them. <…> I am interested in being a constructive player [at European Council’s meetings], but not to Slovakia’s prejudice," he told reporters.

Slovakia’s parliament on June 5 passed a resolution asking the government to refrain from supporting new anti-Russian sanctions. "I welcome this resolution," Fico said. "I consider it a strong political instrument I can rely on in debates [on sanction expansion] within the European Council.".

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