Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico wants to deal with the damage of almost 1.5 billion euros in Brussels, which he says Ukraine caused to Slovakia by stopping gas transit. It was also the reason for which he traveled to Moscow. He made the announcement in a video on social media on Wednesday.
“President Zelensky is sabotaging the financial interests of Slovakia and the EU despite the fact that the European Commission clearly states in its official letter that nothing prevents Ukraine from continuing transit. Neither European law nor sanctions,” Fico said, adding that Zelensky’s decision will cause damage to the EU of around 70 billion euros.
“Tomorrow I travel to Brussels for a meeting with the Commissioner for Energy and I will do everything to wake him from his sweet sleep. Because we have a ‘hell’ serious problem – a problem worth tens of billions of euros. Neither Slovakia nor the EU is at war, we have no reason to tolerate Zelensky’s adventures, especially when looking at the aid that Slovakia and the EU provide to Ukraine,” said the Slovak Prime Minister.
According to him, the reason why he traveled to Moscow before Christmas was the planned stoppage of gas transit through Ukraine and damage to Slovak national and financial interests. “I needed to secure at least gas for Slovakia’s domestic consumption, which we have secured, even without increasing gas prices,” he pointed out. He also wanted to get an answer as to whether Russia is ready to continue supplying gas for transit through Ukraine and Slovakia further west. According to him, the answer was positive.
He also criticized the opposition’s proposal to convene an extraordinary session of the parliament on Slovakia’s foreign policy orientation. The Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic advises Smer MPs not to participate in this opposition initiative.
“Neither in Moscow nor in Brussels is the question of Slovakia’s foreign policy orientation. That is a given, although looking at the EU, I fear that it will fall apart sooner than we can even imagine. The opposition should therefore stop bothering with mandatory rhetorical exercises and take a clear stance on President Zelensky’s harmful decisions,” concluded Fico.
Source: spravy.pravda.sk
