Arya News - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday that he had always advocated for mending ties with Russia, and would ask the Foreign Ministry to revive Slovak-Russian committees for economic cooperation as soon as possible.
"I am one of those who has called for and will call for restoring ties [with Russia] … I will ask the foreign minister to resume meetings of the economic commissions," Fico told the Saturday Dialogues show.Fico has repeatedly said that he supports continued energy supplies from Russia to the EU, as abandoning them will negatively affect the cost of energy resources in the EU and the competitiveness of the bloc.In early November, Fico said that Slovakia would not support the plan to use frozen Russian assets to cover Kiev"s military needs as long as he remains the prime minister.