<p>Brussels: The European Council will ask the European Commission, Slovakia and Ukraine to intensify efforts towards "finding workable solutions to the gas transit issue", including through resumption, draft conclusions seen by <em>Reuters</em> on Thursday say.</p><p>European Union leaders met on Thursday for an extraordinary summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence.</p><p>Earlier, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has also rejected military aid to Ukraine, said that he wanted a mention of reopening Russian gas transit through Ukraine - a major route of energy for Slovakia which Kyiv stopped this year - as part of summit conclusions.</p>
<p>Brussels: The European Council will ask the European Commission, Slovakia and Ukraine to intensify efforts towards "finding workable solutions to the gas transit issue", including through resumption, draft conclusions seen by <em>Reuters</em> on Thursday say.</p><p>European Union leaders met on Thursday for an extraordinary summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence.</p><p>Earlier, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has also rejected military aid to Ukraine, said that he wanted a mention of reopening Russian gas transit through Ukraine - a major route of energy for Slovakia which Kyiv stopped this year - as part of summit conclusions.</p>