FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a joint news conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Serbian President Aleksander Vucic (not pictured), at the Slovak, Serbian and Hungarian leaders' meeting at the New Fortress, in Komarno, Slovakia, October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
(Reuters) - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico told Russian television on Wednesday he wanted to visit Moscow for next year's World War Two anniversary and criticised the European Union's approach to the Ukraine war, in remarks that stirred opposition ire at home.
His appearance on state-run Rossiya-1 television, which Slovak media said was the first by an EU leader since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, drew strong criticism at home and highlighted Slovakia's foreign policy shift under Fico.
