Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, one of the few European leaders with whom he has maintained close relations, to the Kremlin today, according to footage shown on Russian television. “Putin is currently holding talks in the Kremlin with Slovak Prime Minister Fico,” a Russian TV journalist close to the Kremlin, Pavel Zarubin, wrote on his Telegram channel, which aired a short video showing the two leaders. Asked about this by Zarubin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that this visit, which had not been officially announced, was planned a few days ago. Dmitry Peskov did not want to specify the agenda items of this meeting, but stated that it could be “assumed” that the issue of transit of Russian natural gas would be discussed. Ukraine announced last summer that it would not renew after the end of the year the contract that […]
Source: News Beast
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