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Xi Jinping urges Slovak PM to exert influence to promote China-EU relations

2025-09-04 15:41:01Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Xi Jinping urges Slovak PM to exert influence to promote China-EU relations
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico

Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Slovakia on Thursday for "respecting" its friendship with China, telling its prime minister that he hoped Bratislava would continue to help Beijing build its relations with the European Union more broadly.

The international community needs unity and cooperation more than ever, Xi told Prime Minister Robert Fico, who took part in a massive military parade in Beijing on Wednesday that showcased China's military might and diplomatic influence.

China is relying on some EU countries, such as Slovakia, to lobby Beijing within the European Union, which has imposed steep tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles over allegations of unfair competition. Slovakia was one of five EU countries to oppose the duties.

Xi said he hoped Slovakia would continue to play a "positive" role in promoting China-EU relations, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Fico, who last met with Xi in Moscow in May, has been eager to push his country's relations with China into a "fast lane."

Along with Hungary, another EU member, populist-led Slovakia, is seeking to attract job-creating industrial investment from Chinese firms selling in Europe.

But unlike Budapest, Bratislava has been slow to reap the benefits from the world's second-largest economy, only managing to elevate relations to a strategic partnership last year, Reuters reports.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, who had represented Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Beijing military parade, told China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Wednesday that about 31% of Chinese investment in Europe would come to Hungary in 2024.

Like Hungary, Slovakia maintains close ties with Russia, which supplies most of Slovakia's oil needs.

Fico will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, after telling Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he wants to normalize relations with the Kremlin, even as the EU is seeking to cut off Russian energy imports to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.


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