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Ukraine is interested in the immediate implementation of three joint infrastructure and energy projects with Slovakia and is preparing to discuss them during the second round of joint government consultations in early October.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has proposed that Slovakia sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine.

The European Commission studied the developments regarding oil supplies from the Russian company Lukoil to Hungary and Slovakia, previously flowing via Ukraine, that were halted after the company was sanctioned by Kyiv.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal invited the newly appointed Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Ukraine, Pavel Vizdal, to a meeting, where he emphasized that Ukraine’s sanctions against Russian companies pose no threat to the energy security of Slovakia.

Slovakia has received the first two of 14 new F-16 fighter jets that will replace Russian-made planes it had already donated to Ukraine.

On Saturday, 20 July, it is planned to import electricity from Romania, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary with a maximum capacity of 1,385 MW.

During his first trip outside Bratislava after the assassination attempt, Prime Minister Robert Fico said that Slovakia is not ready to lift the ban on imports of agricultural products from Ukraine.

Slovakia and Poland have different positions on Ukraine's integration into NATO.

Ukraine and Slovakia have signed a Memorandum on deepening cooperation in the nuclear industry.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico have signed a roadmap for cooperation between Ukraine and Slovakia.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has called the meeting in Michalovce, Slovakia, where government consultations between Ukraine and Slovakia are taking place on Thursday, "historic."

Ukraine and Slovakia are deepening their cooperation in the energy sector, in particular, they will speed up the reconstruction of the Mukachevo-Velke Kapusany interconnector.

Slovakia will continue to provide Ukraine with non-military support and believes that now is the time for peace talks.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed the issue of transit of Ukrainian agricultural products with Prime Minister of Slovakia Ľudovít Ódor.

In Slovakia, the leader of the Smer-SD party, Robert Fico, who announced his intention to stop military support for Ukraine, signed a memorandum of coalition with the Hlas party and the pro-Russian Slovak National Party (SNP).

Slovakia will not provide security assistance to Ukraine after the victory of the anti-Ukrainian Smer party in the elections.

In Slovakia, the fundraising campaign for the purchase of the Božena-5 demining vehicles has reached its target.

Five Eastern-flank EU countries (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria) do not agree to Ukraine's proposals for further grain exports to the European market.

Ukraine will file a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia for refusing to lift the ban on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products.

The European Commission called on Poland, Hungary and Slovakia to be constructive after they unilaterally declared they would continue to ban grain imports from Ukraine despite the Commission's decision to end the ban.