Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has harshly criticised Ukraine as an unreliable companion and stated he was bored with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelling round Europe "begging" and "blackmailing others".

Supply: Robert Fico in a speech at a parliamentary committee on Friday, a video of which he posted on his Fb web page, as reported by European Pravda.

Particulars: The Slovak opposition convened the parliamentary committee assembly. It demanded that Fico explains his assembly with Russian chief Vladimir Putin in Moscow and gives details about Slovakia's additional steps concerning the termination of Russian fuel transit by way of Ukraine.

Fico stated that two options to the problem of fuel transit from Ukraine to Slovakia had been ready, which Ukraineʼs Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal had allegedly agreed upon.

Certainly one of them was purported to be an settlement between Russia and Azerbaijan permitting Slovakia to obtain Azerbaijani fuel, however Fico says that Volodymyr Zelenskyy disrupted this settlement.

The second choice was a proposal for SPP's mother or father firm to arrange a subsidiary on the Russian-Ukrainian border in order that Slovak fuel may very well be transported to Slovakia by way of Ukraine.

Fico referred to as Ukraine's president unreliable and stated he was generally "fed up with him".

Quote from Robert Fico: "He [Zelenskyy] goes round Europe, simply begging and blackmailing others, asking for cash. It simply has to cease."

Extra particulars: As a substitute, the Slovak PM stated that Russia has at all times been a dependable companion in vitality provides.

Quote from Robert Fico: "Russia has by no means deceived us, not like Ukraine. I bear in mind the state of affairs in 2009 once I was in Ukraine and requested Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko to offer us some fuel from the reservoirs within the western a part of Ukraine, and I used to be instructed to go to hell. These are typical Ukrainians."

Background:

• Fico turned anti-Ukrainian due to his resentment of Yuliia Tymoshenko.
• In the meantime, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini stated that he refused to pay an official go to to Kyiv as a result of Ukraine had stopped transiting Russian fuel.
• Fico additionally voiced a listing of threats in opposition to Kyiv, together with a veto of EU choices on Ukraine.

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