🇸🇰🚫🇺🇦 Slovak President has said he is refusing to pay an official visit to Kyiv because Ukraine has stopped the transit of Russian gas that Slovakia has been receiving.
"If I have to go there just to take a picture, and they tell me that not a single drop of oil and gas will go to Slovakia, then I really shouldn't go there. Let no one be offended by me."
🇸🇰🚫🇺🇦 Slovak President has said he is refusing to pay an official visit to Kyiv because Ukraine has stopped the transit of Russian gas that Slovakia has been receiving.
"If I have to go there just to take a picture, and they tell me that not a single drop of oil and gas will go to Slovakia, then I really shouldn't go there. Let no one be offended by me."
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