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Fico Accepts Resignation of Slovakia’s Security Adviser Lajčák After Epstein File Revelations

The decision followed a U.S. Justice Department document release that included Lajčák’s private messages with Jeffrey Epstein referencing meetings with Russia’s Sergey Lavrov.

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Jeffrey Epstein and Miroslav Lajcak, a Slovak politician and diplomat and former President of the United Nations General Assembly, pose in this undated handout image from the estate of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS

Overview

  • Prime Minister Robert Fico announced the acceptance on Saturday in a Facebook video, praising Miroslav Lajčák as a highly experienced diplomat.
  • The Justice Department released more than three million pages of Epstein-related materials that referenced several prominent figures and included exchanges involving Lajčák.
  • Documents show Epstein bantered with Lajčák about women while discussing Lajčák’s meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
  • Opposition parties and the coalition Slovak National Party pressed for Lajčák’s departure, with the SNP labeling him a security risk according to local reports.
  • Lajčák denied criminal or unethical conduct, described the messages as informal, and said he resigned to avoid political costs for the prime minister as scrutiny of the files continues.