Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine on September 18

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will visit Ukraine on September 18.

According to Report, Fico announced the trip on his Facebook account.

"I hope that when I return from Ukraine tomorrow night, I will not be as skeptical as I am now," Fico said in a video message.

The Slovak prime minister said the visit would last several hours and that he would return home overnight into Saturday.

In September, the Slovak government approved the country's accession to a convention on establishing an international compensation commission for Ukraine, prepared within the framework of the Council of Europe and signed by more than 30 countries.

Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he would visit Ukraine on September 18, where he would meet Fico and discuss sanctions against Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the Carpathian Integration Initiative summit, which will be held in the Ivano-Frankivsk region on September 18-20.

The event will bring together business representatives from various countries of the Carpathian region.