BRATISLAVA - Slovak Prime Minister Fico said during his speech opening the European Union Export Days on October 16, local time, that he will not support the 19, round of sanctions on Russia unless the European Council (EC) can present new reasonable proposals.
Fico called on the Slovak political and business community to prepare for the resumption of relations with Russia. After all, there is a need to create business opportunities with Russia after the end of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, Fico criticized the ER for focusing excessively on helping Ukraine, but overlooking the problem of EU competitiveness. He thought it was too necessary to discuss the future of the car industry and the energy price problem. Since exports and competitiveness were too weak, Slovakia was therefore not pushing exports overseas.