Fico wants to continue the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine — World
The Slovak Prime Minister does not see the need to pay more for gas for “geopolitical reasons”.
Next week, Slovakia will begin a series of negotiations to ensure Russian gas flows through Ukraine after the current contract expires at the end of this year.
This was reported by Reuters with reference to the statement of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
“You can witness in the coming days, including during the Christmas holidays, extremely intense negotiations at different levels and in different countries, which will start already next week,” he said at a press conference broadcast on Facebook.
Fico said he wanted to ensure the continued transit of Russian gas from the east to avoid paying additional fees for supplies from other directions.
“We see no need to pay for…
