Pellegrini: Slovakia could join reconstruction of Ukrainian gas pipeline

Slovakia and its companies could be part of a consortium that will reconstruct the gas pipeline going through Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said after a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Groysman. Slovakia thus wants to ensure that the lower quality of the Ukrainian infrastructure cannot be used as an argument for it to be left out and replaced, for instance, by the Nord Stream 2 project, which is rejected by both prime ministers. "Together with Ukraine, Slovakia wants to continue to participate in the gas transit from east to west, and I'm very pleased that Prime Minister Groysman has confirmed that Ukraine wants to create a consortium in which it wants to reconstruct the gas infrastructure," Pellegrini said.