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"I feel like an idiot" / Messages with Epstein revealed, Lajcak: I was in his apartment, but there was no girl
2026-02-03 16:49:21 / BOTA
Slovak diplomat Miroslav Lajcak has given an interview after his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein dossier, where it emerged that he had exchanged a series of messages with the convicted paedophile. Following the publication of these messages, he resigned from his position as an advisor to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
"I honestly don't remember those messages," the diplomat said in an interview with Radio Slovakia, referring to the exchanges involving the girls. "I can't confirm them, but I can't deny them either," adding that he felt like an "idiot."
"But that doesn't absolve me of responsibility," he said. "I showed poor judgment and inappropriate communication. Those messages were nothing more than stupid male ego in action — self-indulgent male jokes."
Lajcak explained that he went to New York in 2017 to begin a year-long post at the United Nations and was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein by a senior foreign diplomat. According to Lajcak, Epstein was widely known and met with numerous business and political figures from the US and abroad.
Lajcak said he saw no reason not to meet him, arguing that making contacts was part of his job. “Why shouldn’t I, a guy from Slovakia, accept this?” he said. “He was a valuable contact.”
He said he later learned of Epstein's 2008 conviction for a sex crime, but noted that many influential figures continued to associate with him afterward. This, he said, led him to believe he had no problem doing the same.
"My relationship with him was about words, not deeds. Today I am paying the price for communicating with him and for knowing him," the diplomat said, condemning the crimes that came to light after Epstein's arrest in 2019.
He also confirmed that he had visited Epstein's apartment, but said other business and political figures were present. "There was no girl. That part of Epstein's life was beyond me. He didn't talk about it and I didn't ask. My conscience is clear," he stressed.
Lajcak also denied that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon had met with Robert Fico, despite published messages suggesting a possible meeting.
“I don’t like Lavrov,” Lajcak said, acknowledging that former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had once been his professional role models. “I changed my view of Lavrov after he became the face and voice of the aggressor in Ukraine.”
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