Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico accused Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky of attempting to bribe.
The Slovak Prime Minister said that the Ukrainian leader allegedly offered money from the assets of the Russian Federation for membership in the North Atlantic Alliance. Politico reported this.
Fico said that after he told Zelensky that Slovakia could lose about 500 million euros a year in gas transit fees, the Ukrainian president allegedly asked if he would vote for Ukraine’s NATO membership if he gave him 500 million. euro of Russian assets.
And, of course, I said “never,” said the Prime Minister of Slovakia.
According to Fico, Zelensky’s proposal was made behind closed doors. It was the alleged attempt at bribery that the head of the Slovak government called “absurd.”
Let us recall that Ukraine did not extend the contract for the transit of Russian gas through its country, and the term expires at the end of 2024.
Because of this, Fico threatened the day before that Slovakia might consider retaliatory measures against Ukraine if Kyiv does not continue the transit of gas from Russia to Europe.
Source: Politico
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