“The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, said that the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, may soon go to Moscow for negotiations with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on the supply of gas after 2024.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, said that the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, may soon go to Moscow for negotiations with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on the supply of gas after 2024.
Source: Vučić in an interview with Serbian television, reports “Evropeyska Pravda” with reference to Euronews
Details: The Serbian president said he had “unofficially learned” about the Slovak prime minister’s visit to Putin next week.
Direct speech of Vuchich: “On Monday (December 23. – ed.) Robert Fizo will go to Putin as the leader of a country of the European Union, which, I don’t have to tell you, will cause a reaction among other European leaders from the EU.”
Details: The Slovak side did not comment on Vučić’s statements at the time of publication of the news.
If Fico does go to Russia, it will be his first trip to an aggressor state since returning to power in 2023. He will also become the third European leader, after Austrian Chancellor Karl Neghammer and Viktor Orbán, to visit Moscow since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
As you know, Slovakia has repeatedly tried to extend the agreement between Ukraine and Russia on the transit of Russian gas, which expires in 2024.
What preceded: Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, in a conversation with the Prime Minister of Slovakia this week, confirmed that Kyiv rules out the extension of the transit agreement with Gazprom, but noted that Ukraine is not against transporting gas through its GTS, if it is not from Russia .
The day before, Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine is not considering renewing the agreement with Gazprom on the transit of Russian gas to Europe, and also made it clear that Kyiv will not agree to pump Russian gas under the guise of Azerbaijani gas.