BRATISLAVA, Apr 3 Slovak presidential candidate, head of parliament Peter Pellegrini believes that Ukraine cannot join NATO, and his rival, former Foreign Minister of the Republic Ivan Korczok, believes that the alliance can make a decision on this if the Ukrainian side meets the necessary requirements.
“No,” Pellegrini unequivocally answered the question of the moderator of the pre-election discussion on the air of the Markiza TV channel about whether Ukraine should join NATO.
His rival Korczok believes that NATO will make the final decision on this. “I’ll just remind you that a promise about this was made in 2008 by the government of Robert Fico and the President of Slovakia Ivan Gasparovic, it is necessary to stand behind it. After the conditions are met, after Ukraine contributes to security in Europe and NATO, a decision will be made on this alliance countries, this will not be decided by anyone else from the outside,” Korczok said.
Korchok, who received 42.51% of the vote, and the head of the Slovak parliament, Pellegrini, who received 37.02%, went through to the second round of the presidential elections in Slovakia, scheduled for April 6, out of nine candidates. According to the latest poll, Korczok and Pellegrini have almost identical chances of winning the second round.