Slovakia, as a member of the European Union, supports the common position of the EU on Ukraine, but reserved the right to defend its national desire, said Prime Minister Robert fico. "The Slovak Republic is a member of the European Union, and we need to maintain a unified position regarding the situation, which today is in Ukraine ", - quotes fico RIA " Novosti ". "We are for unity position, but As a sovereign state reserve the right to defend its national desires, without breaking the unity and the common position of the European Union ", - said the head of the government of Slovakia. As stated before in the Russian government, Bratislava does not want to abandon cooperation with Moscow, As it is unlikely to have the ability to detect viable alternative to Russian gas. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting with his Slovak counterpart said that the Russian Federation was prepared to evaluate the proposed Slovakia's gas transmission project Eastring. Remember, may 27, fico advocated the immediate abolition of anti-Russian punishment of the EU in case of fulfilment by Russia of the Minsk agreements. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The EU and the US on the background reached in Minsk agreements Between Kiev and militias Donbass about stopping the fire entered against Russia punishment, against the financial, oil and defense industries. However, in March, Russia's envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that a critical attitude to the sanctions against Russia from a number of EU members increases.