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MADRID 29 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, defended this Saturday the primacy of the rules of the European Union over any particular “link” between Russia and other powers and has promised that he will do “everything possible” to protect the European energy system. after the Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico, has offered his country to host a future peace negotiation between kyiv and Moscow.
“Regardless of what (Russian President Vladimir) Putin told Fico during his visit to the Kremlin, European norms must prevail over any individual’s ties to Moscow,” the Ukrainian president defended in his daily evening message.
In this regard, Zelensky added that he has already “instructed (his) government officials to do everything possible, together with the European Commission, together with all (his) partners in Europe, to maintain the stability of the European energy system.” united and defend European energy standards.
To this end, the president has revealed that his Executive is preparing “important decisions on personnel”, which “will be announced soon”, and has predicted an intense start to the year in terms of diplomatic contacts.
Zelensky has taken advantage of the same intervention to communicate that “Ukraine will provide all necessary help” to “establish the whole truth about the accident of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane”, which took place on December 25 in Kazakhstan, in such a way that “Russia does not will be able to hide anything.”
These statements come after Robert Fico has offered Slovakia as the venue for a future peace negotiation between Ukraine and Russia. Fico, who has described this offer as “one of the options” from the Kremlin, has explained that he already discussed this proposal with Putin when he met with him last Sunday during a surprise visit to Moscow and has highlighted his satisfaction with the positive reaction of the Russian leader.