SNS Wants Assurances from PM That He'll Never Vote for Ukraine's EU Accession

Bratislava, 4 May (TASR) - The junior governing Slovak National Party (SNS) will demand assurances from Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) that he'll never vote in favour of Ukraine's EU accession during the remainder of his term in office until the next election, SNS leader Andrej Danko has posted on social media, adding that the party is expressing its absolute disagreement with the Slovak premier's talks with the president of Ukraine. At the same time, SNS doesn't support Ukraine's accession to the EU. "SNS is positive that the Slovak premier has no mandate to state on behalf of Slovakia that Ukraine will be supported in its accession to the EU," stated Danko. The party stressed that in its position within the government it's ready to go to the edge of political responsibility if Fico fails to guarantee that he'll never vote in favour of Ukraine being admitted to the EU in any form during the term of the government of which they are jointly a part. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday that he'd met the Slovak premier on the sidelines of the summit of the European Political Community in Yerevan. According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine is open to constructive dialogue with Slovakia and is interested in strong bilateral relations. ko/df