“Everyone was heartbroken and shaken by the assassination attempt. The fact of assassinations is always surprising, but the fact that the level of violence is rising in Europe is no surprise to anyone,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Kossuth Radio’s Good Morning, Hungary! program about the attack on the Slovak Prime Minister, APA reports citing Hungary Today.
“We are praying for the prime minister and root for Slovakia,” Orban said. “We wish him a speedy recovery and return to work. Robert Fico is between life and death.”
The Hungarian Prime Minister noted that there had been terrorist attacks in Europe in recent years, then came the war and Europe began to be transformed from a pro-peace to a pro-war Europe. Central Europe is a risky area, he said.
“Europe’s position has radically changed now,” he underlined. He pointed out that European leaders were already discussing sending troops to Ukraine. Violence has become part of everyday life. It is a tangible process in Europe,” the Prime Minister added.
"We badly needed a pro-peace Slovakia, because after the elections our northern neighbor started on the road to peace. This helped us a lot, and now we have lost this support,” he said.
On Friday morning, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called Peter Ziga, the interim President of the Slovak Parliament, to ask about the condition of the Slovak Prime Minister. “My friend Peter said that the situation is looking more hopeful as the days go by, but it will take a few more days before they can say for sure whether the Slovak Prime Minister will recover,” the Foreign Minister wrote on Facebook.
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