Slovak PM says will go to Moscow to attend Victory Day celebrations

PRAGUE. April 16 (Interfax) - Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia has confirmed that he will travel to Moscow in May to attend ceremonies celebrating Victory Day despite criticism from the European Commission leadership.

"I will go to Moscow on May 9th. Is Ms. Kallas's warning a form of blackmail or a signal that I will be punished upon my return from Moscow? I don't know. But I do know that the year is 2025, not 1939," Fico wrote on his social account.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas was reported to tell Fico earlier that he should reconsider his idea of visiting Moscow to attend the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.