Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will not visit Kyiv to discuss the halting of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, Tibor Gaspar, deputy-speaker of the Slovak Parliament told Russian state-controlled news agency TASS on Jan.

"We offered our assistance to the people of Slovakia during their adaptation to the absence of Russian gas transit, but Fico arrogantly refused," Zelensky said on Jan. 12.

In January, Fico disputed the existence of war in Kyiv and said people are living normal lives. BRATISLAVA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted swiftly to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's invitation to come to Slovakia for talks on gas transit, inviting Fico to Ukraine instead.

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine's capital Kyiv this Friday, responding to his offer of talks to try to resolve a spat over the end of Russian gas deliveries.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to hold talks on resuming natural gas transit after a deal between Kyiv and Moscow expired at the start of this year.

() -Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine's capital of Kyiv this Friday, responding to his offer of talks to try to resolve a

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has rejected a Ukrainian invitation to visit Kyiv this week to discuss gas transit deals, Russia's TASS news agency said on Tuesday, citing a Slovak lawmaker, amid a spat over the end of Russian gas deliveries.

Prime Minister Robert Fico has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy to Slovakia for talks after weeks of mutual accusations and threats. In an open letter to the Ukrainian head of state published by the government office in Bratislava on Monday,

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a meeting. The meeting is reportedly to take place near the Ukrainian-Slovak border, Fico posted the invitation on his Facebook page.