Pico again called Germany's demand to link the EU budget to funding for Ukraine "extortion" and refused to participate in a new loan to Kiev.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Pico rejected the proposal of German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz to oblige all EU countries to participate in the financing of Ukraine. Merez has reportedly threatened to block the EU's seven-year budget if no such commitment is made.
Pico called the initiative "typical blackmail" and said that Slovakia will not allocate "a single cent" to the next loan to Ukraine.
At the same time, the prime minister of Slovakia supported the participation of Europe in the negotiations with the United States, Russia and Ukraine, but emphasized that their goal should be to achieve peace, and not to continue the war.
"Slovakia will not participate in the upcoming military loan, or more precisely, in a gift to Ukraine, because this is not a path to peace, but only a path to murder," Pico said.
He also noted that in order to end the war, all parties to the negotiations would have to make serious compromises.