During his visit to Slovakia, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and reached a number of agreements.
According to the Ukrainian government's website, the two countries will cooperate in the energy, economic, and logistics sectors.
Among the agreements reached by the prime ministers:
- Slovakia supported the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, condemned Russian aggression and supported Ukraine's accession to the EU;
- The two sides agreed to work on the prompt cancellation of unilateral restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural products;
- Ukraine hopes that the business community of Slovakia will participate in the reconstruction of our country. Representatives of Slovak business and the Government have been invited to a recovery conference in Berlin;
- By the end of this year, we want to launch a direct passenger railway connection between Kyiv and Košice;
- With regard to demining, they are talking about joint production of engineering equipment and the provision of ready-made machines for detecting and defusing mines;
- Kyiv proposed to Bratislava to amend the agreements on the status of a number of border crossing points. The parties are preparing for negotiations with the European Connecting Europe Facility to attract investment in the development of the Chop-Cierna nad Tisou cross-border railway route;
- by the end of 2028, it is planned to complete the reconstruction and modernisation of the Mukachevo - Veľké Kapušany electric interconnector. This will increase the possibility of exporting and importing electricity;
- Slovakia will be able to use Ukraine's offshore oil terminal and Ukrainian gas storage facilities. The parties agreed to set up a joint working group to help diversify nuclear fuel supplies to nuclear power plants, which will be another step towards Europe's energy independence;
- The two governments agreed to revise the contractual framework for financial, technical, economic cooperation and social protection by mid-2025.
Following the intergovernmental consultations, Ukraine and Slovakia signed a number of agreements, including the Roadmap for Joint Action and the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Nuclear Energy Sector.