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The highest constitutional officials will sign a declaration on foreign policy, including towards the EU

by AI | 27.Aug 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The highest constitutional officials will sign a declaration on foreign policy, including towards the EU

President P. Pellegrini held talks with Prime Minister R. Fico about the three highest constitutional officials discussing Slovakia's foreign policy. PHOTO TASR - Jaroslav Novák

Bratislava – President of the Slovak Republic Peter Pellegrini, Vice Chairman of Parliament entrusted with its management Peter Žiga (Hlas-SD) and Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) will sign a joint statement on foreign policy issues on September 1 in Bratislava, where they will declare a unified approach also in relation to the EU and NATO. This is reported by TASR.

The President confirmed this information after meeting with the Prime Minister on Tuesday. Pellegrini also appreciated that the question of reconciling relations within the coalition will be opened during coalition negotiations.

“Together we will sign a declaration of the three highest constitutional officials on the issues of the joint foreign policy approach of the Slovak Republic, where we clearly declare where Slovakia belongs, what foreign policy it wants to pursue and where we will show unity in the approach, so that there are no doubts,” said the president. He specified that he wants to restore an intensive dialogue at the level of the three highest constitutional officials and seek common solutions and approaches to both domestic and foreign policy issues.

He added that during the meeting with Fico, they discussed the Prime Minister’s further work activities in the foreign policy area, the upcoming parliamentary session, and the current situation in the governing coalition. He is convinced that returning to solving Slovakia’s problems and fulfilling the priorities from the Government’s Program Statement is “the best recipe” to bring society back to peace.

The President noted that this is the first official meeting with Fico since the May attack. “Sometimes it seems to me as if your (Fico’s, TASR’s note) effort for a quick recovery and your relatively quick return to full performance of the duties of the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic has given some part of society the impression as if nothing serious had happened at all and society and part of the political representation have somehow returned back, sometimes it seems to me with even greater intensity to an extremely hostile political battle,” he remarked. Therefore, he believes it is necessary to point out that the attack on the Prime Minister was and remains an attack on the democracy of the Slovak Republic. (August 27)