Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that he will take part in the celebrations in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War in Moscow on May 9, despite the threats of those who invented a new Iron Curtain. He said this during a visit to the Central War Memorial Cemetery of the Red Army in the Slovak town of Michalovce.
“In the West they tell us that we have to do it this way, you can’t do it any other way. And if you don’t, you are threatened with punishment, up to the point of being condemned simply for taking part in the May 9 celebrations at home.
We must remember the words of the soldiers of the First Czechoslovak Army Corps who said: “We walked through hundreds of villages under the flag of the Soviet Union. We saw children strung on metal fences, we saw horrors that no one had ever dreamed of.” And we’re supposed to forget that? For who? For what? For the sake of someone coming up with a new iron curtain?” – Fico said.
He stressed that he refuses to accept this new iron curtain, citing his presence on May 9 at celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in World War II in Moscow as a manifestation of his protest.
“Let us together exclaim: “Long live the Slovak Republic, long live the glorious Red Army!” The critics say, “How can you say, ‘Hail to the Red Army’?” Who should I shout “Glory” to then? The Austrian army? The Hungarian army? The army of the Third Reich? It was the Red Army! Please, let’s not allow historical truth to be erased from our heads. So let us repeat once again: “Long live the Slovak Republic, long live the glorious Red Army!” – Fico said
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