Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, casts his vote during the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, answers questions to the media after casting his vote during the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
FILE - Slovakia's Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok listens his Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovic during a press conference after their talks in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Former Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok, a pro-Western career diplomat, is one of the nine candidates ahead of the first round of the Slovakia's presidential election which will be held on Saturday March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, arrives to cast his vote during the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok, a pro-Western career diplomat, accompanied by his wife Sona arrives to cast his vote during the first round of the presidential election, in Senec, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, smiles after casting his vote during the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok, a pro-Western career diplomat, speaks about the preliminary results of the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A woman casts her ballot during a first round of presidential election in Senec, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
FILE - Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini delivers a speech at the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic, on Nov. 17, 2019. Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, leads a field of nine candidates ahead of the first round of the Slovakia's presidential election which will be held on Saturday March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok, a pro-Western career diplomat, accompanied by his wife Sona arrives to cast his vote during the first round of the presidential election, in Senec, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok addresses the media after casting his vote during the first round of the presidential election,l in Senec, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok prepares to cast his vote during the first round of the presidential election, in Senec, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok, a pro-Western career diplomat, addresses the media after casting his vote during the first round of the presidential election, in Senec, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok, a pro-Western career diplomat, arrives at his election headquarters to acknowledge the preliminary results of the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini speaks to reporters at his election headquarters during the first round of the presidential elections in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 23, 2024. (Vaclav Salek/CTK via AP)
Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, smiles before casting his vote during the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok prepares to cast his vote during the first round of the presidential election in Senec, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok, a pro-Western career diplomat, arrives at his election headquarters to acknowledge the preliminary results of the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok, a pro-Western career diplomat, speaks about the preliminary results of the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, leaves the polling station after casting his vote during the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini speaks to reporters at his election headquarters during the first round of the presidential elections in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 23, 2024. (Vaclav Salek/CTK via AP)
Presidential candidate Ivan Korcok, a pro-Western career diplomat, speaks about the preliminary results of the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)