Slovakia Summons Russian Embassy Official Over Election Comment
Slovakia has accused Moscow of interfering in its parliamentary elections and summoned a Russian Embassy Official to protest statements by Moscow’s Foreign lntelligence Service Director, Sergey Naryshkin.
Slovakia’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs said on Monday that it summoned a Russian embassy representative who spoke about “interference” by the United States in the Country, an accusation the Ministry called false.
It said the comments were made on the eve of the Slovak parliamentary elections on Saturday when a moratorium on information that may benefit or harm candidates was in place.
“The Department Of Diplomacy strongly protests against the false statement of Russian intelligence which cast doubt on the integrity of the free and democratic election in Slovakia,” the Ministry said.
“We consider such deliberately spread of disinformation to be unacceptable interference by the Russian Federation in the election process.”
It called on Russia to cease all disinformation activities aimed at Slovakia.
The Russian Embassy in Slovakia rejected the allegations.
“Unlike some of Slovakia’s current allies, we do not interfere with internal affairs of other countries, we do not take part in regime changes and various ‘colour’ revolutions,” it said on Facebook.
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