The meeting between the U.S. and Russian presidents in Budapest has not yet been scheduled, but there is already clear evidence of attempts to sabotage it at any cost, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico wrote on Facebook.

“That is a sad spectacle,” he said.

A foreign minister from one of the EU member states claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin could have been arrested during his flight over that country. The European Commission has issued warnings to Hungary, stating that it must comply with international arrest warrants.

“I have always argued that the European Union has become a military cabinet, with a significant number of EU member states supporting the war in Ukraine under the naive belief that it will weaken, and moreover, defeat Russia,” Fico wrote.

He described this as both paradoxical and typical of the EU’s ineffective foreign policy. Some leaders are already trying to prepare for the Budapest summit, while steps are being taken to ensure the participation of the Ukrainian president. In Slovak, this is referred to as “throwing pegs into a potential agreement.”

“If the EU truly wants peace in Ukraine as soon as possible—which I do not believe—it must do everything to ensure that the Trump-Putin meeting takes place in Budapest without obstacles and as soon as possible,” Fico said.

“The Trump-Putin summit in Budapest as soon as possible—without any obstacles and with the full support of the EU—is my official position,” he added.

Earlier, NBC News correspondent Garrett Haake reported, citing White House sources, that preparations for the summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Budapest, Hungary, had been halted.