英语:波罗的海国家关闭领空后,斯洛伐克总理菲佐寻找前往俄罗斯的航线

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovak-pm-fico-searches-route-russia-after-baltics-close-airspace-2025-05-08/

斯洛伐克总理周四正在寻求前往莫斯科参加俄罗斯二战胜利阅兵式的航线。此前,立陶宛关闭了其领空,禁止搭载他的航班前往,他还表示,其他波罗的海国家也实施了类似的限制。

罗伯特·菲乔去年12月在克里姆林宫会见了俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京,他是唯一一位计划参加5月9日莫斯科阅兵式的欧盟领导人。届时将举行阅兵式,包括中国国家主席习近平在内的20多位外国政要将出席。

立陶宛总统吉塔纳斯·瑙塞达周三表示,立陶宛已关闭领空,禁止菲乔和塞尔维亚总统亚历山大·武契奇(非欧盟成员国)飞往莫斯科。

自2021年欧洲航空公司被告知避免经由白俄罗斯的较短航线以来,往返于俄罗斯和欧洲之间的飞机通常使用立陶宛领空。这是对明斯克采取的惩罚措施的一部分,以报复明斯克紧急出动战机迫使瑞安航空一架航班降落。

另一条较短的航线乌克兰领空自2022年以来因俄罗斯入侵而关闭。

拉脱维亚外交部表示,将不允许任何航班参加阅兵式,但没有具体提到斯洛伐克领导人。而爱沙尼亚官员表示,该国不在任何明显的航线上,并未被要求飞越领空。

菲佐在其脸书页面上表示:“爱沙尼亚告诉我们,它不会允许我们飞越其领土,尽管斯洛伐克政府机队拥有全年使用爱沙尼亚领空的许可。”

“这使我们的日程安排异常复杂,因为我们无法在明天晚上(5月8日)在莫斯科安排约定的活动。”

菲乔还将在莫斯科出席双边会晤和敬献花圈仪式。

在欧盟最高外交官、前爱沙尼亚总理卡娅·卡拉斯本周敦促欧盟领导人不要参加俄罗斯的军事庆祝活动后,菲乔计划前往莫斯科,凸显了他不惧布鲁塞尔的立场。

斯洛伐克严重依赖俄罗斯的天然气供应,而自2023年重新执政以来,菲乔领导的外交政策发生了转变,批评人士认为,这一转变使斯洛伐克与莫斯科的关系过于密切。

Slovakia’s prime minister was seeking a route to Moscow on Thursday to attend Russia’s World War 2 victory parade after Lithuania shut its airspace to flights carrying him to the event and he said other Baltic nations imposed similar restrictions.

Robert Fico, who met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in December, is the only European Union leader planning to attend the May 9 celebrations in Moscow, which will feature a parade attended by more than two dozen foreign dignitaries, including Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda said on Wednesday his country had closed its airspace to flights carrying Fico and President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia, which is not in the EU, to Moscow.

Aircraft travelling between Russia and Europe have typically used Lithuanian airspace since European carriers were told in 2021 to avoid the shorter route through Belarus as part of punitive measures against Minsk in response to it scrambling a warplane to force the landing of a Ryanair flight.

Ukrainian airspace, another shorter route, has been closed since 2022 due to the Russian invasion.

Latvia’s foreign ministry has said it will not allow any flights to the parade but did not specifically mention the Slovak leader, while officials in Estonia — which is not on any obvious flight path — said it had not been asked for a flyover.

“Estonia has told us it will not allow us to fly over its territory, despite Slovakia having an all-year permission for the government fleet to use Estonian airspace,” Fico said on his Facebook page.

“This is exceptionally complicating our schedule because we are not able to make agreed (events) tomorrow evening (May 8) in Moscow.”

Fico is also scheduled to take part in bilateral meetings and attend a wreath laying ceremony while in Moscow.

His plans to travel to Moscow underline his willingness to defy Brussels after the European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas, a former Estonian prime minister, this week urged EU leaders not to take part in Russia’s military celebrations.

Slovakia is heavily reliant on Russian gas supplies and Fico, back in power since 2023, has led a foreign policy shift that his critics say takes the country too close to Moscow.

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