Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met on Monday, January 20. During the talks, they agreed on the need to establish a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, according to a joint press conference following the meeting.

"I have no problem with a delegation from Progressive Slovakia going to Kyiv," Fico said in his video message. “If you have no authority or responsibility, you can conduct negotiations even on a space station on Mars.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico will not come to Ukraine, Adviser to the head of the Presidential Office Mykhailo Podoliak said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico agreed on Monday during talks on the need to establish a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, Erdogan said at a press conference following the meeting.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called Ukraine an unreliable partner and accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of blackmailing European leaders for support at a parliamentary meeting on Jan. 10.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced that Slovakia would veto any future Ukraine aid packages considered by the European Union. Fico emphasized that Slovakia would now adopt a "reciprocal" approach to Ukraine's actions,

"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.

Slovakia is weighing retaliation against Ukraine including withholding aid if a solution is not found to Kyiv's decision to shut off Russian gas, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday after talks with EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico discussed the potential for securing Russian gas through Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who pledged Ankara’s help in finding a solution with Moscow.

Thousands of protesters in the Slovak capital held banners and chanted slogans on Friday accusing Prime Minister Robert Fico of dragging the country towards Russia after he met President Vladimir Putin last month amid a gas dispute with Ukraine.

Regarding NATO, the Hungarian PM stated unequivocally that Ukraine’s membership in NATO is currently not on the agenda and will not be for the foreseeable future. Responding to a journalist’s question, he explained that there will never be unanimous agreement on this issue. He went on to describe discussions around Ukraine’s NATO membership as a