Italy recalls SAMP/T air defense system from Slovakia/Collage 24 Channel Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that Italy will withdraw the SAMP/T air defense system from the country. The Italian side leased this complex to the Slovak side. Fico also complained that due to Italy’s decision to withdraw SAMP/T from the country strategic objects in Slovakia will be under threat. Robert Fico noted that he had received a message from the Italian government that the Italian SAMP/T air defense system, which the country had been leasing for a year, would be withdrawn from Slovakia because it was needed elsewhere. The Slovak Prime Minister also emphasized that because of this decision, the country’s strategic facilities, in particular nuclear power plants, remain unprotected. In addition, he added that the previous government “gifted” Ukraine a working Russian S-300 air defense system at the beginning of the Russian invasion. Then We had the American Patriot systems for some time, later they left, and now the Italians are coming too,” complained Fico. It is worth noting that in 2023 the Italian SAMP air defense system /T replaced the American Patriot system in Slovakia. It is still unknown where exactly the Italians will move the SAMP/T system.Fico said that Italy is withdrawing SAMP/T
The head of the Slovak Foreign Ministry met with Lavrov
Needed elsewhere – Fico said that Italy will withdraw the SAMP/T air defense system from Slovakia
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