you seem to have forgotten to quote the very next paragraph  > however, since his return to power, fico has taken a somewhat different line on ukraine than during his election campaign. during a meeting with ukrainianprime ministerdenys shmyhalin january 2024, fico promised not to block private slovak arms companies from selling to ukraine, not to block eu financial support for ukraine, and to support theaccession of ukraine to the european union. he described slovakia's political differences with ukraine as "minor" and claimed to support ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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