Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has declined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's invitation to go to Kyiv for discussions on gasoline transit.

Supply: TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian information outlet, citing Slovak Parliament Deputy Speaker Tibor Gašpar, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Gašpar, presently on a multi-day journey to Russia with Slovak Nationwide Social gathering chief Andrej Danko, said that Prime Minister Robert Fico is not going to go to Kyiv.

Quote: "Yesterday, Prime Minister Fico revealed an open letter to Zelenskyy, inviting him to negotiations. Zelenskyy responded, proposing a gathering in Kyiv on Friday. That isn’t attainable. I don’t suppose it’ll occur," Gašpar mentioned.

Background:

• On 13 January, Fico despatched an open letter to Zelenskyy, inviting the Ukrainian president to a gathering to resolve points surrounding gasoline transit. He harassed that he had "no intention of escalating tensions additional" and wished to focus totally on resolving the scenario attributable to the suspension of gasoline transit.
• In response, Zelenskyy advised that Fico come to Kyiv for the discussions.

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