KYIV, Feb 7 – Slovakia intends to study the possibility of increasing gas transit to Ukraine, Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok has said.

He said at a joint press conference of the ministers of foreign affairs of Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Austria in Kyiv that he is pleased to inform the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine that last week the operator of gas transit systems in Slovakia temporarily doubled gas transit to Ukraine. Slovakia is ready to analyze the possibility of commercial viability of this project in the future, he said.

Korcok added that Austria recently supported the provision of $1.2 billion of macroeconomic assistance to Ukraine, and is also ready to implement a project to build an emergency medical station in the village of Stanytsia Luhanska (Luhansk region).
According to the Slovak foreign minister, the pro-European choice of Ukraine cannot be a threat to third countries, in particular, the Russian Federation.