Poland allowed Fico’s aircraft to fly to Russia, but criticizes the journey

Warsaw. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw on Tuesday afternoon informed that Poland allowed aircraft to fly with the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico above your territory on the route to Russia.

At the same time, however, it confirmed its critical view of the participation of the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic at the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Moscow 9th May. Informs Warsaw Newsletter TASR.

The Ministry informed that the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Warsaw was attended by a diplomatic route with a request for permission to fly through the government special on 8. and 9 May.

« Since there were no formal international obstacles, the Polish side has issued permission to fly through the airspace of the Republic of Poland, » the ministry says in an opinion.

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However, the Polish resort expressed a critical attitude to the participation of the Slovak Prime Minister at the end of the World War II organized by Moscow.

“It is difficult for us to understand that the leaders of the countries that are declared as peace supporters and opponents of the continuation of military operations will decide to accept the invitation from Vladimir Putinwho issued an order to attack against the neighboring state, began unprovoked military actions and thus caused mass resettlement of the population, the suffering and death of thousands of people (civilians and soldiers), as well as destruction, civilian kidnapping – including children, « the ministry said.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said several hours before that the Polish side has not yet dealt with the question of flying permission.

« We didn’t think about it because we kept our fingers crossed for the Prime Minister to recover, » the minister said, stressing that Fico was a victim of the assassination a year ago. « We think that supporting Putin’s narrative in Moscow is not a good idea, » he added.