All three Baltic states banned Fico from flying to Moscow for the May 9 parade
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Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia closed their airspace to the Slovak Prime Minister's plane. Robert Fico plans to seek an alternative route for his visit to the Russian event.
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have denied Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico permission to fly through their airspace to Moscow for the May 9 parade. This was reported by UNN.
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Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stated that Fico will again not be allowed to use Estonian airspace for a flight to Moscow to participate in the May 9 parade, as this event is aimed at glorifying Russian aggression against Ukraine.
We denied him this last year, and the same principle applies now
They added that Estonia's position is unequivocal: no country can use Estonian airspace to strengthen ties with Russia at a time when the Kremlin continues to violate international norms and commit aggression against Ukraine and the security of Europe as a whole.
At the same time, Fico himself reported on a similar ban from Latvia and Lithuania on Facebook.
They have already announced that they will not allow us to fly through their territory during the flight to Moscow. I will definitely find another route, as last year
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