Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico believes Europe's true intentions regarding the Ukraine conflict will become clear after the EU decides whether to join peace negotiations.

Axar.az reports that, in a video address on Facebook, Fico said it would become clear whether European institutions and the countries providing Ukraine with the most support genuinely wanted peace or intended to keep supporting Kyiv in the war.

"Now it will become clear whether EU institutions, such as the European Council and the European Commission, as well as the countries providing the most significant support to Ukraine — namely the UK, France, Germany, Poland and Italy — genuinely want peace in Ukraine, which will require all parties involved in the negotiations to make enormous compromises, or whether the strategy of supporting Ukraine in the war until the last Ukrainian soldier, with the aim of weakening Russia, will continue," he said.

Fico added that at the informal EU leaders' summit in Dublin, he had supported Europe's participation in negotiations, but only if their goal was to achieve peace rather than prolong the war.