
Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar announced the country's opposition to the creation of a new “iron curtain” between the EU and Russia, emphasizing the need for an early start to peace negotiations.
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The Slovak side spoke out about the inadmissibility of the division of Europe and the need for dialogue with Russia.
Slovakia opposes the creation of a new “iron curtain” between the European Union (EU) and Russia. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, Juraj Blanar, RIA Novosti reports.
“We don’t want a new “iron curtain” to be created between the European Union and Russia,” the diplomat said.
Blanar emphasized that Russia will remain part of the European space, therefore, according to him, it is necessary to move on to peace negotiations as soon as possible.

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