Slovak president cancels visit to Ukraine over halt of Russian gas transit

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has called off an official visit to Kiev over Ukraine's decision to halt the transit of Russian natural gas via its territory, including to Slovakia, Ukrainian media reported citing the official News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR).

"Speaking on STVR's politics program 'Sobotne dialogy' [Saturday Dialogues], President Peter Pellegrini said that his trip to Ukraine is out of the question under the current circumstances, explaining that the Ukrainian government has stopped gas supplies and refuses to transit gas to Slovakia," TASR said in a statement.