Slovakia promised to help restore monuments to soldiers The Red Army

Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico promised to assist in the reconstruction of monuments erected in the republic in honor of the soldiers of the Red Army. This was announced on May 6 by the Social Democratic party SMER, which is headed by Fico.

"I want to offer you cooperation in the restoration of other monuments and sacred sites that recall the decisive role of the glorious Red Army not only in the liberation of Slovakia and Czechoslovakia, but, above all, in the Second World War itself," the head of government said in a video released by the party.

He added that Slovaks remember where freedom came from.

The Prime Minister made this statement during a visit to the Central Military Memorial Cemetery of the Red Army in the Slovak city of Michalovce.

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