{"id":4522,"date":"2025-06-30T05:33:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2025-06-30T06:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T06:27:05","slug":"eu-states-president-calls-on-other-members-to-talk-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/eu-states-president-calls-on-other-members-to-talk-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"EU state\u2019s president calls on other members to talk to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slovakia\u2019s Peter Pellegrini has argued against using fear of Moscow to justify military spending<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has called on EU members to reopen direct talks with Moscow, while stressing that NATO military spending should reflect national priorities rather than fears of Russia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to start talking to the Russian Federation,\u201d<\/em> Pellegrini told TA3 television on Sunday. \u201cLet two or three leaders step up\u2026 for example, [Italian] Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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He defended Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico\u2019s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which had drawn criticism from several Western governments. The two leaders held talks in Moscow in May during WWII Victory Day commemorations, where they discussed bilateral ties and the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The president also rejected NATO\u2019s push for a rapid military buildup.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt should not be fear of Russia that drives us into rearmament. We ourselves must decide what strength and condition we want our armed forces to be in,\u201d<\/em> he said. He added that the defense industry is unprepared for large-scale procurement and stressed that public views on Moscow vary across the bloc.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHalf of society may not even see Russia as a threat,\u201d<\/em> Pellegrini said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Slovakia, along with Italy and the UK, supported setting 2035 as the target year for meeting the alliance\u2019s goal of spending 5% of GDP on defense.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pellegrini backed Fico\u2019s demand for energy security assurances before approving the EU\u2019s 18th sanctions package against Russia, saying he saw no reason to oppose the move if it served the country\u2019s national interests.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar echoed Pellegrini\u2019s position, stating that the Ukraine conflict cannot be solved militarily. Speaking to the local public broadcaster STVR, Blanar said peace requires renewed communication with Moscow.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLet us return to respect for international law and seek ways to communicate with the Russian Federation,\u201d<\/em> he said, adding that the West should also find a way to work with Russia, \u201cand perhaps even forgive everything that has happened.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Along with Hungary, Slovakia has been one of the few NATO members to call for the de-escalation of tensions with Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slovakia\u2019s Peter Pellegrini has argued against using fear of Moscow to justify military spending Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has called on EU members to reopen direct talks with Moscow, while stressing that NATO military spending should reflect national priorities rather than fears of Russia. \u201cWe need to start talking to the Russian Federation,\u201d Pellegrini told…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4525,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522\/revisions\/4525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}