And this one is the same: Fico does not rule out that he will join blocking of EU reparations loan to Ukraine

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stood up for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is blocking a EUR 90 billion reparations loan to Ukraine approved by the European Union.

It was reported by the Slovak portal Aktuality.sk.

On the air of the "Saturday Dialogues" program of the Slovak Broadcasting Company (STVR), Fico said that Orbán is "politically right" and that in the future there may be a situation when Slovakia will also block a loan to Ukraine.

During the interview, he repeatedly stated that the EU is excessively biased and "hates" russia and that, in his opinion, Ukraine can launch the Druzhba oil pipeline, damaged by a russian strike on January 27, at any time, and that the resumption of its operation is allegedly in the hands of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy personally.

Fico also refused to meet with Zelenskyy in Kyiv, where he had invited him after a phone call in late February to discuss any open issues.

"I will not allow myself to be dragged along. You can't, Mr. Editor, in one fell swoop say, Robert, you're an extremely unpopular politician in Kyiv, so come to Kyiv, come to visit me. I'm not a complete suicide," Fico said.

The head of the Slovak government also criticized Croatia for refusing to transport russian oil through the Adria pipeline.

Fico said the fuel crisis will affect food prices and stressed the need to strengthen food self-sufficiency, but he denied that his government was responsible for the price increase.

As reported, earlier Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that his country would block the adoption of a new package of sanctions against russia by the European Union and the allocation of EUR 90 billion of the EU's reparations loan until the Druzhba oil pipeline, damaged during the russian shelling on January 27, is closed.

On March 12, Péter Szijjártó reported on a conversation with russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin, after which he accused the Ukrainian side of shelling the infrastructure of the Turkish Stream pipeline in russia in order to allegedly organize an energy blockade of Hungary and influence the results of the elections in Hungary.