Fico refused to go to Kyiv at Zelenskyy's invitation
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Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:01:00 +0200
Fico will not come to Kyiv on FridayThis was reported to Russian media by the Vice Speaker of the Slovak Parliament, Tibor Gaspar, who, together with the leader of the nationalist Slovak National Party, Andrey Danko, set off on a severalday trip to Russia.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Fico published an open letter to Zelensky and invited him to negotiations.
Zelensky proposed a meeting on Friday in Kyiv.
However, this is impossible, and I think the meeting will not take place, said Gaspar, while in Moscow.
What preceded thisOn January 13, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico published an appeal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.According to Fico, the meeting could take place preferably as soon as possible on the territory of Slovakia near the state border with Ukraine.
Such a meeting will create good prerequisites for an open discussion on gas supplies to Slovakia and other countries through the territory of Ukraine, on possible technical solutions taking into account the expiration of the contract between the relevant Ukrainian and Russian companies on December 31, 2024, on the impact of the cessation of gas transit through Ukraine on the decline in the competitiveness of the European economy and on the development of bilateral SlovakUkrainian relations, stated Robert Fico.
Fico hypocritically emphasized that he would not respond to Zelenskys message of January 12 in order to avoid further escalation of tensions.In all my trips abroad, I emphasize the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities, support existing peace plans, and propose that peace negotiations at any level take place in Slovakia as well.In response to Ficos statements, Zelensky invited the Slovak Prime Minister to Kyiv this Friday.
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