Russian Prime Minister of Slovakia Fico:

"For me, what matters is that several NATO member countries expressed interest in resuming the dialogue with Russia, which I welcome and have long supported.

And even though the summit’s conclusions included a mention of an additional 70 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Slovakia had already clearly negotiated its sovereign, peace-oriented positions prior to the summit.

Following a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, we exchanged letters last Thursday and mutually confirmed that Slovakia would not be part of such military financial aid to Ukraine. We took a similar stance regarding the 90-billion military loan, this time at the European level.

We are in favor of cooperation, dialogue, and humanitarian aid. However, we are not in favor of war."