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Pro-Russia party opposed to Ukraine aid wins Slovakia election

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Leftist ex-PM Robert Fico beats his progressive rival in parliamentary election after campaigning to end military aid to Ukraine, but he will need to win over allies to form the next government.

Smer-SSD party leader and Slovakia's former Primer Minister Robert Fico celebrates his victory in the general elections alongside party members at the party's headquarters in Bratislava on October 1, 2023. / Photo: AFP

With results 99.2 percent from some 6,000 polling stations counted by the Slovak Statistics Office early on Sunday, former Prime Minister Robert Fico and the leftist Smer, or Direction, party led with 23.3 percent of the votes.In the heated election campaign, Fico took aim at the EU, NATO and rejected providing any further military aid to Ukraine.

"It is in our vital interest to have good relations with every country in the world, including the Russian Federation," he added, labelling his pro-western opponents as"warmongers". Simecka, who has vowed to continue aid to Ukraine, said when casting his ballot in Bratislava that he would"accept the election result with humility".

 

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