Slovakia
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Natural Gas
Slovakia lays plans to get gas from Azerbaijan
Slovakia is laying the groundwork to get gas from Azerbaijan through Ukraine, to even more diversify its products far from Russia and restore earnings from transit to other countries, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday. Fico said the drop in Russian gas materials to Europe following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 had actually harmed Slovakia, which had actually been totally dependent on Russia for gas before the dispute and acted as a crucial transit route. Ukraine appears unlikely to extend a deal on permitting Russian gas to transit to Europe beyond 2024, putting pressure on Slovakia to seek