Lajcak Denies Having Any Ties to Karyna Shuliak

Bratislava, 14 February (TASR) - Ex-minister of foreign affairs Miroslav Lajcak has denied having anything to do with Karyna Shuliak and her alleged Slovak citizenship. Lajcak said it on Saturday in response to the junior governing Slovak National Party (SNS), which has called for verification of the media report suggesting that Shuliak, the last partner of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, might hold Slovak citizenship. "I have nothing to do with the person in question or her alleged Slovak citizenship," Lajcak has told TASR. SNS earlier in the day called on Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) to ensure that the widely reported information regarding the alleged Slovak citizenship of Shuliak, originally from Belarus, is examined and publicly confirmed or refuted. Shuliak reportedly inherited 100 million dollars, 48 diamonds and several properties from Epstein's estate. If she was not entitled to Slovak citizenship, SNS wants it to be revoked and responsibility to be drawn against those who helped her obtain it. At the same time, SNS has called on Lajcak, since he was mentioned in the list of those who were helping Epstein even after his arrest, to publicly state whether or not he helped Shuliak to obtain Slovak citizenship. ko