Poland’s Tusk Scolds Slovak Leader Over Pro-Russian Rhetoric
- Exchange underscores tension in Eastern Europe over Ukraine
- Slovakia’s Fico condemns weapons to Kyiv, calls for talks
Robert Fico, Slovakia's prime minister, left, and Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister, during a news conference in Prague, Czechia, on Feb. 27.
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Poland’s premier admonished his Slovak counterpart at a high-level meeting in Prague over his criticism of military aid to Ukraine, laying bare European divisions over the region’s backing for Kyiv.
Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, who returned to office last year on a campaign to halt weapon shipments to Kyiv, has intensified his condemnation of arms deliveries to neighboring Ukraine, putting him in line with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban.