The European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Jørgensen, and the Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico, accompanied by his Minister for the Economy, Denisa Saková, held talks in Brussels on Thursday 9 January on the consequences of the end of the agreement on the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine (see EUROPE B13551A13).
The exchange was originally due to take place earlier in the week, on 7 January, but was cancelled. Bratislava explained this postponement as being due to Kyiv’s withdrawal,...