KIEV, Sept. 7 – Slovakia intends to help increase the volume of gas coming to Ukraine from Europe, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers reported.

"[Slovak] Prime Minister Robert Fico has assured of the Slovak government's readiness to assist in the reverse of the maximum volume of gas to Ukraine," the press service reported on the results of the meeting of Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman and Fico.

The Slovak prime minister also expressed readiness to render maximum assistance in shipping Caspian oil through the territory of Slovakia and Ukraine to the Czech refinery in Kralupy.