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The probability of completing the war in Ukraine is "very high" in the near future, " - the Prime Minister of Slovakia Fitzo

The politician expects progress to resolve armed conflict. Fitzo also stressed that "the topic of Ukraine's invitation to NATO suddenly appears. " Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo believes that the war in Ukraine can end soon. He is expecting progress in conflict resolution. He hinted that there were talking again about Ukraine's invitation to NATO, but in exchange for territorial concessions.

Fitzo stated this on Wednesday at a meeting of the Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for Europe before leaving the European Council meeting, Teraz reports. Fitzo noted that he was waiting for "President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will bring to a meeting of the European Council in Brussels.

" He noted that it was again about the invitation of Ukraine to NATO and reminded that its Social Democratic Party (Smer-SD) was against it, because it would lead to its Duma to the Third World War. Fitzo believes that the war in Ukraine can end very quickly. "The likelihood of termination of war in Ukraine in a short time is very high.

I expect tomorrow something can be hinted at, because suddenly there is a topic of invitation of Ukraine to NATO," the prime minister said, but in his opinion, this invitation will not be “free”. The Slovak Prime Minister repeated that he wants a just peace to Ukraine, but not sure that he could be achieved in the current situation. The politician repeated that his country supports Ukraine's territorial integrity, and personally supports any peace plan presented to resolve the conflict.

According to the Prime Minister, peace talks will be one of the main topics of his talks in China. At the same time, he stated that he always tried to have a balanced relationship with Russia. According to him, it should be forgotten that the Russians will leave the Crimea and other occupied territories. According to him, the Russians are gaining more and more territories and he believes that "conflict has no military solution.

" According to Fitzo, Slovakia continues to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. He added that the most victim of aggression requires support in electricity supplies. He awaits Ukraine's cooperation in the import of oil and gas to Slovakia. "I refuse to carry oil somewhere through Adriatic . . . Our duty is to continue transit through Slovakia, continue transit through Ukraine whether it is oil or gas," he said.

We will remind, the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic on October 16 will go to the EU summit to Brussels. Among other things, he will take part in the EU meeting and the Gulf Cooperation Council. During a two -day meeting of the European Council on Thursday (October 17) and Friday (October 18), EU leaders will discuss, among other things, events in the Middle East, competitiveness, migration and external affairs.

The theme of the end of the war in Ukraine under the conditions of restraint is not new. The head of the apparatus of the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Stian Jensen in 2023 suggested that Ukraine could enter NATO in exchange for "refusal" from part of its territory. In Kiev, this idea was rejected.