Slovakia will lift its veto with which it was holding up the required unanimous approval of the EU’s 18th sanctions package against Russia, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico says. Earlier this week, Fico said that Slovakia would drop its veto on the EU’s new sanctions against Russia if it receives an exemption to continue importing Russian pipeline gas for nearly another decade. On Monday, the EU failed to approve the package, which is set to include a floating oil price cap for Russia’s crude and a ban on the use…
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