Slovakia reacted to Zelensky's words about the "second energy front"
30 December 2024
The country's Foreign Ministry also called Fico's words about the cessation of electricity supplies to Ukraine due to Kyiv's refusal to transit Russian gas an exaggeration
The Slovak Foreign Ministry has responded to President Volodymyr Zelensky's statement that Prime Minister Robert Fico, on the instructions of Vladimir Putin, has opened a "second energy front" against Ukraine. The ministry also responded to Fico's threats to cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine.
The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a corresponding statement on Monday, December 30.
"We reject any nonsense about the opening of a second energy front, which Ukrainian President Zelensky is baselessly fantasizing about, as well as about some imaginary alliance with Vladimir Putin," the statement said. The Foreign Ministry also called Fico's words about the cessation of electricity supplies to Ukraine due to Kyiv's refusal to transit Russian gas an exaggeration.
"It is the current government of Slovakia that has set the project of strengthening the interconnection of the energy transmission system as one of the priorities in the roadmap of Slovak-Ukrainian cooperation. Thus, electricity is supplied by Slovak companies on a commercial basis, because they cannot finance the Ukrainian state," the statement notes.
The diplomats added that since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Slovakia has helped and will help the people of Ukraine in the humanitarian sphere. Regarding the transit of Russian gas, the Slovak Foreign Ministry noted that the transportation of energy through the territory of Ukraine brings it "high and significant income", which it "very much needs".
"We understand perfectly well that Ukraine is in a protracted military conflict, which is why Kyiv should not create new enemies and fantasize about the emergence of some second front, because EU member states, including Slovakia, support Ukraine and its people," the statement says.
As "Ukrainian Energy"
reported, the Ministry of Energy is looking for options for obtaining additional electricity if Slovakia, as Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened, stops supplying electricity to Ukraine.
