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Bratislava – The enterprise journey of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to China is extraordinarily necessary, 13 paperwork shall be signed throughout it, and it’ll embody conferences with the highest leaders of this Asian energy. Fico stated after the federal government’s assembly on Wednesday, stories TASR.
The Prime Minister additionally rejected the opposition’s criticism. Opposition representatives recommended that the Prime Minister’s journey to China contradicts Slovakia’s nationwide and financial pursuits.
“China is turning into a decisive world participant and I even assume that settling the dispute in Ukraine is not going to be attainable with out China’s lively cooperation,” stated Fico shortly earlier than departing for Beijing. He added that it’s a nation with 1.5 billion inhabitants, it’s steady and ensures peace and a sure stage of stability not solely within the area but in addition in your entire world.
In Beijing, Robert Fico will meet with the Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang, the Slovak delegation may even be obtained by the President of the Individuals’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and Chairman of the Nationwide Individuals’s Congress Zhao Leji. Throughout the program, the Prime Minister of SR will open a enterprise discussion board in Beijing and go to the corporate Gotion within the metropolis of Hefei, Anhui Province, and examine its manufacturing plant. Gotion is concerned within the development of a manufacturing unit for the manufacturing of batteries for electrical autos within the south of Slovakia in Šurany.
The Prime Minister rejected claims that his journey threatens Slovakia’s financial system. In accordance with him, if anybody threatens the financial system of the Slovak Republic, it’s the inexperienced deal accredited by the EU. Subsequent 12 months, in accordance with him, it would expertise tough financial instances as a result of its choices. He cited tariffs on Chinese language electrical vehicles and anticipated retaliation from China for example.
In accordance with the Prime Minister, the go to to China doesn’t threaten Slovak democracy both. “The best risk to Slovak democracy is our system of political events, we’ve got 100 political events. We’ve got points that threaten Slovak democracy rather more than anything on the earth. My go to to China doesn’t threaten democracy within the SR in any manner,” he emphasised.
He additionally rejected the notion that the go to would threaten the nation’s safety. “Safety was jeopardized by opposition MPs and politicians, who weakened Slovakia’s protection capabilities by donating MiGs and the air protection system,” he acknowledged.
The Prime Minister added that he nonetheless has an necessary journey to Brazil and subsequent 12 months he included a go to to Vietnam among the many “necessary journeys.” “We wish to go the place we see enterprise alternatives, it’s pointless for us to make visits round Europe, the place virtually all prospects are exhausted, we’ve got to search for new alternatives,” added Fico. (October 30)
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