BRATISLAVA (dpa-AFX) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is considered a sympathizer of US President Donald Trump, has firmly condemned the US attack on Venezuela. The US military action shows that “international law does not apply, military force is used without a UN mandate and everyone who is big and strong does what they want,” the left-wing nationalist wrote on Facebook.
As the head of government of a small country, he must “resolutely reject such an undermining of international law,” just as he rejected the Iraq War and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The European Union also called on Fico to condemn him just as “consistently” as the attack on Ukraine. Otherwise the EU would be “Pharisee-like,” wrote the left-wing nationalist.
Fico is often criticized by opponents as “pro-Russian” because he opposes such EU sanctions against Russia, which he claims would harm Slovakia more than Russia./ct/DP/he