Slovakia will block sanctions in the European Union (EU), which can cause damage to the Republic. This was declared by Prime Minister Robert Fitzo, Reuters report.
If there are sanctions that harm us, I will never vote for them.
Earlier, the president of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini, rejected the lawsuit requesting to organize a referendum on the abolition of sanctions against. Pellegrini noted that all the European Union's sanctions against Russia were accepted by the consensus and without Slovakia's consent, they were not valid.
On May 17, Fitzo announced his readiness to calmly support the referendum to abolish sanctions on the Russian Federation if published. At the same time, the head of the Republic of Government emphasized that he could only speak himself.