FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives for a cabinet's away-from-home session in the town of Handlova, Slovakia, on May, 15, 2024. Fico made his first public appearance on Friday July 5, 2024 since he was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, attacking his liberal political opponents and praising his Hungarian counterpart. (Radovan Stoklasa/TASR via AP, File)
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico using a crutch arrives for a press conference during harvest in the village of Slovenska Nova Ves, western Slovakia, Monday, July 8, 2024. Fico is recovering after being seriously wounded in an assassination attempt on May 15. (Jaroslav Novak/TASR via AP)
FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives for a cabinet's away-from-home session in the town of Handlova, Slovakia, on May, 15, 2024. Fico made his first public appearance on Friday July 5, 2024 since he was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, attacking his liberal political opponents and praising his Hungarian counterpart. (Radovan Stoklasa/TASR via AP, File)
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico using a crutch arrives for a press conference during harvest in the village of Slovenska Nova Ves, western Slovakia, Monday, July 8, 2024. Fico is recovering after being seriously wounded in an assassination attempt on May 15. (Jaroslav Novak/TASR via AP)
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico took his first trip outside the capital on Monday since resuming his duties after an assassination attempt.
Fico visited a farm in Slovenska Nova Ves, northeast of the capital of Bratislava, along with agriculture minister Richard Takáč to check the grain harvest.
Fico said in a brief statement that Slovakia was not ready to lift a ban on imports of agricultural products from Ukraine and thanked farmers for their work.
He was using a walking stick and did not take any questions from the media.
It was his first official trip outside the capital since recovering from the May 15 attack in which he was shot in the abdomen as he greeted supporters in the town of Handlova, 140 kilometers (85 miles) northeast of the capital.
Fico made his first public appearance since the assassination attempt on Friday, when he gave a speech for a national holiday.
He has long been a divisive figure in Slovakia and beyond. He returned to power for the fourth time last year, when his leftist party Smer, or Direction, won campaigning on a .
His critics worry that Slovakia could abandon its pro-Western course and follow the direction of Hungary under
Thousands of people have held rallies in the capital and across Slovakia .
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