Fitzo calls emergency meeting of Slovak Security Council over coup d'état threat
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo has scheduled an emergency meeting of the Security Council for January 23 due to the fact that the country's security services have received information about the risk of overthrowing the government. This was reported by local publication Dennik N on January 22.
It is specified that the meeting will be held at 9:00 (11:00 Moscow time). It will also be attended by Slovak President Peter Pellegrini.
The head of the government said that he is ready for everything, but "the country will not undermine". Fitzo pointed out that "foreign experts" have arrived in Slovakia, which are related to the protests in Georgia and the Maidan in Ukraine. In the central European state, Fitzo said, they may try to provoke a coup d'état through the seizure of government buildings and civil disobedience.
In the event that law enforcement agencies intervene and try to stop the protests, the world media will distort reality and this will further facilitate the illegal overthrow of the authorities, Fitzo said.
Earlier in the day, Fitzo said at a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban that the Slovak opposition is preparing a "Maidan" in the country, and this is being done as part of a long organized operation, reports "Gazeta.Ru".
On January 19, the head of the government of the Central European republic specified that the opposition party "Progressive Slovakia" was seeking a coup d'état on the scenario of Ukraine in the country, and against this background the state was preparing for everything.
On the same day, Fitzo emphasized that he does not plan to be a servant of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose powers expired on May 20, 2024. The prime minister added that he is ready to veto aid to Kiev from European Union (EU) countries due to the halt of Russian gas transit through Ukrainian territory.
"Gazprom" announced the suspension of gas supplies through Ukraine on January 1, 2025. On the same day, Fitzo noted that this would have drastic consequences for the EU, but not for Russia.
