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Miroslav Lajcak resigned as Slovakia's national security advisor after links to Jeffrey Epstein surfaced, with PMRobert Fico accepting his resignation amid intense media scrutiny.
Slovakia's national security advisor and a former foreign minister Miroslav Lajcak. (AP File)
Slovakia’s national security advisor has resigned over his links to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced.
Miroslav Lajcak, a former foreign minister, was one of the number of international figures who has been facing pressure since the release of new Epstein documents by US authorities on Friday.
According to the BBC, Lajcak exchanged text messages about women with Epstein in 2018 when the Slovak official was in his second spell as foreign minister.
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On late Saturday, the Prime Minister announced in a Facebook message that he has accepted the 62-year-old’s resignation.
AFP quoted the PM saying the government was losing “an incredible source of experience and knowledge in foreign policy", adding Lajcak had “categorically denied and rejected" the allegations made against him.
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He said media coverage and opposition statements on the case had been “of such thunderous intensity and tone that one would think one was talking about the impeachment of the president of the Slovak Republic".
Initially, Lajcak had denied of having any links. After submitting his resignation, Anadolu Agency quoted him saying that the move was not due to any criminal or unethical conduct on his part but to prevent Fico from facing political consequences over a matter unrelated to the government’s decisions.
Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in 2019 while in prison awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. His relations with other political and business figures have sparked worldwide controversy.
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February 01, 2026, 18:27 IST
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