Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico plans to carry conferences with each Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week, he mentioned in a video message on Monday.
He mentioned he intends to fulfill Putin in Beijing on Tuesday night throughout a visit to China, earlier than assembly Zelensky in japanese Slovakia on Friday.
Fico is travelling to China to attend commemorative occasions marking the anniversary of World Warfare II, together with a army parade on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Fico mentioned he might be obtained by Chinese language President Xi Jinping, including that his EU companions have been knowledgeable of his journey.
Fico desires to function a peacemaker between Ukraine and Russia, however has failed thus far, with Zelensky and main EU politicians accusing him of being too pleasant in direction of Russia.
Slovakia and Ukraine are additionally nonetheless engaged in a dispute over Kiev’s obstruction of the transit of Russian fuel and oil to Slovakia, which is extra depending on Russian power than virtually another EU nation.
Ukraine says it desires to curtail funding for Moscow’s struggle by blocking the transit of Russian power.
In his video message, revealed on Fb, Fico expressed remorse that no different EU chief was attending the Chinese language celebrations, calling it a missed alternative.
“Heads of state representing billions of individuals might be current there,” he mentioned.
“A brand new world order is rising, new guidelines for a multipolar world, a brand new stability of energy that’s extraordinarily vital for international stability,” he added.
