Fico Hits Back at Czech President: 'As a Former NATO General, He'd Like to Fight'

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Směr) received harsh comments from the Slovak press for questioning Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. The media called him the "weakest link in collective defense," but harsher terms such as "coward" and "traitor" were also used.

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A diplomatic conflict has erupted between Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico accuses Czech President Petr Pavel of "wanting to fight" and questions NATO's collective defense. Prime Minister Babiš refused to comment on his Slovak counterpart's words.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has questioned his country's commitments to NATO, the Slovak press wrote on Monday about the Prime Minister's statements regarding the Alliance's collective defense. Because of them, the Prime Minister also got into a verbal exchange with Czech President Petr Pavel, who described Fico's words on the matter as serious