According to the country's Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy, the government can make a decision without waiting for the approval of this act by the Parliament of the republicPRAGUE, March 14.
/tass/. The Slovak government may soon decide to transfer supersonic MiG-29 fighters withdrawn from the country's Air Force to Ukraine, without waiting for the approval of this act by the Parliament of the republic. This was reported on Tuesday by the TASR news agency with reference to Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy.
"The government has the right to make a decision on this [the transfer of fighters to Ukraine without the consent of parliament]," the agency quoted Nadia as saying. "Not only I am sure of this, but also many legal experts in the field of constitutional law."
According to the minister, it is not yet known when the government will decide on the transfer of fighters to Ukraine. Nevertheless, he did not rule out that it would be adopted at the next cabinet meeting on Wednesday. On Tuesday evening, the Minister will discuss with members of the parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security the possibility of sending fighter jets to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, in mid-February, Nagy said that the planes would not leave Slovakia without the consent of the parliament. On March 9, on Facebook (banned in Russia, owned by Meta Corporation, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation), he informed that the republic had received Poland's consent to jointly transfer to Ukraine a batch of MiG-29 aircraft previously in service with the armies of both countries.
Slovakia withdrew the MiG-29 squadron from the National Air Force at the end of August 2022. In the future, they should be replaced by American F-16s, the contract for the supply of which was signed by Bratislava. In Slovakia, according to the media, there are 11 MiG-29s, 10 of which can be transferred to Ukraine, and one can be sent as an exhibit to a museum.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, at a meeting with Acting Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger held on February 9 in Brussels on the sidelines of an emergency EU summit, officially appealed to Bratislava with a request to transfer its MiG-29 to his country. Heger assured Zelensky that Slovakia would do its best to satisfy Ukraine's request. Assistance to Ukraine, as the Slovak politician said, "corresponds to the national interests of Slovakia and the interests of European security."
On March 8, Polish President Andrzej Duda, in an interview with CNN, announced Warsaw's readiness to transfer MiG-29 fighters to Kiev. Earlier, the Polish authorities announced their readiness to supply Ukraine with these aircraft only in a coalition with other NATO countries.
