Moscow:
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks on the Kremlin on Sunday with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, one of many few European leaders he has stayed pleasant with because the eruption of hostilities with Ukraine, in response to Russian tv.
“Putin is presently holding talks within the Kremlin with Slovak Prime Minister Fico,” Russian TV journalist Pavel Zarubin, a Kremlin insider, posted on his Telegram channel, together with a brief video displaying the 2 leaders.
The go to by Fico, whose nation is each a NATO and European Union member, had not been beforehand introduced.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov advised Zarubin nonetheless that it had been organized “a couple of days in the past”.
Peskov didn’t give particulars of the talks however mentioned it might be “presumed” that provides of Russian gasoline can be mentioned.
Ukraine introduced this 12 months that it will not renew a contract permitting the transit of Russian gasoline by means of its territory that runs out on December 31.
Slovakia and Hungary, which depend on Russian gasoline, have raised considerations concerning the prospect of dropping provides.
Fico ended navy support to Ukraine when he grew to become prime minister once more in October 2023, and like Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban has known as for peace talks.
Fico introduced in November that he would go to Moscow in Might for ceremonies to mark the eightieth anniversary of the top of World Warfare II.
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