MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday responded to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas’ remarks on the European Union’s participation in the May 9 celebrations in Moscow by saying he will attend the event and that no one can forbid him from doing so.
Kallas’ statement about European leaders’ participation in the celebrations being unwelcome indicates that the EU should have some discussions on the nature of democracy, he added.
«Mrs. Kallas, I would like to inform you that I am the legitimate Prime Minister of Slovakia, a sovereign country. No one can tell me where I should or should not travel. I will go to Moscow to pay tribute to thousands of [Soviet] Red Army soldiers who died in liberating Slovakia,» Fico said.
On Monday, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc would not take part in the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of Russia’s victory in World War II, adding that any kind of participation «will not be taken lightly on the European side» and that Brussels did not want any candidate country to take part in the event.
