Kuleba is assured European Commission to allow negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to EU before this year ends
Pravda Ukraine
Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Minister of Ukraine, expressed confidence that the European Commission will give a positive conclusion to start accession talks before the end of this year.
Source: Kuleba on the air of the national 24/7 newscast on Monday 23 October, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The Foreign Minister pointed out that Kyiv did “whatever it takes” for the positive conclusion of the European Commission, recalling the law on politically significant persons recently adopted by the Verkhovna Rada.
Quote: “Of course, the issue of Ukraine’s accession to the EU is a matter of historical importance not only for Ukraine, but also for the European Union. Therefore, around historical decisions, such as the opening of accession negotiations, there will be a lot of nervousness, speculation, attempts to play this issue to resolve some separate issues,” he warned.
At the same time, Kuleba said that the Ukrainian authorities are in daily contact with colleagues in the EU member states in order to “proceed in this way and open membership negotiations.”
“I constantly communicate with the ministers of each EU member state so that we go this way as smoothly as possible, as my father likes to say, ‘like a duck on water’,”he concluded.
Earlier, Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine said that the negotiations of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union will begin in the first half of 2024, when Belgium holds the EU Council presidency.
On 3 October, Politico reported that EU leaders were preparing to give their political consent to what is expected to be a positive decision by the European Commission on Ukraine’s readiness to start accession talks in December.
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