Fitzo urged the EU to pay attention to Ukraine's decision on gas transit from Russia

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitso has asked European Union (EU) leaders to pay attention to Ukraine 's decision on gas from Russia. This is stated in an open letter published on his Facebook page (owned by Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) on December 29.

"I express my belief that it is in the interest of all citizens of the European Union that European efforts to support Ukraine be rational, and not in the form of self-destructive and extremely harmful gestures for the EU," he wrote.

According to Fitzo, the EU's ignoring the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose term of office expired on May 20, to stop gas transit through Ukrainian territory will inevitably lead to serious conflicts.

"In this regard, let me ask that you not only on behalf of Slovakia, but first of all on behalf of the entire European Union to give this unprecedented situation due attention and give it urgent importance," he concluded.

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Earlier, on December 28, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko addressed the EU over Fitzo's threats to cut off electricity supplies. He said that Ukraine was ready to replace Slovak electricity with supplies from other neighbors. According to him, negotiations with partners have already been held.

On December 22, Putin and the Slovak prime minister held talks in the Kremlin. Fitzo called his visit to Russia a reaction to Zelensky's statement about the termination of Russian gas transit to Europe. The Ukrainian conflict was one of the topics of the meeting.

Also on December 20, Fitzo said that Zelensky said he would agree to transit Russian gas through Ukraine if Western countries did not pay Russia for the fuel until the conflict ended. The Slovak prime minister called this condition absurd, because no one will supply gas for free, and Kiev thus completely excludes the possibility of transit.

On August 27, the Ukrainian president said that the country would not extend the gas transit agreement with Russia, which expires at the end of 2024. Putin said on September 5 that Russia was not giving up gas transit through Ukraine. According to the head of state, Gazprom plans to fulfill all its obligations under long-term contracts.