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Fico invites Zelensky for talks on gas transit

2025-01-13 18:00:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
Fico invites Zelensky for talks on gas transit
The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks on gas transit, amid disagreements over Kiev's decision to halt Russian gas deliveries.

Ukraine cut off gas shipments to Europe earlier this year, following the termination of a transit agreement between Kiev and Moscow. With this decision, Kiev is aiming to stop the energy revenues that Moscow uses to finance its invasion of Ukraine, which began almost three years ago.

Fico said the decision has affected Slovakia, which borders Ukraine, through higher gas prices and the loss of tariffs for sending gas further into Europe. He said he intends to resume deliveries.

Fico said in an open letter to Zelensky, which was released by his office, that a meeting could be held in Slovakia near the border with Ukraine to discuss technical solutions to the issue.

" Such a meeting would create a good basis for an open discussion regarding gas supplies to Slovakia and other countries through Ukrainian territory ," said Fico.

Fico has said in the past that an agreement is close to being reached that would allow gas shipments to continue through Ukraine, with a preliminary change in gas ownership.

However, he stated that Zelensky had refused to extend the deadline for gas deliveries through Ukraine during a European Union summit held in December of last year.

Fico has argued that Europe has lost billions of euros from rising gas prices, which were caused by the lack of about 13.5 billion cubic meters of gas that passed through Ukraine last year, including 3 billion cubic meters for consumption in Slovakia./ REL





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