• 11/11/2024

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister believes that EU will agree on financial support for Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine

Dmytro Kuleba, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, believes that the EU’s member states will agree on a decision on financial support for Ukraine at the December summit.

Source: Kuleba stated this at a press conference with his Dutch counterpart Hanke Bruins Slot in Kyiv, as reported by European Pravda

Details: According to Kuleba, the EU leaders’ summit on 14-15 December will not be easy owing to the pressing issues that will be at the forefront of the meeting, including the start of Ukraine’s membership negotiations; approval of the 12th round of sanctions against Russia; the decision on using Russian frozen assets; the €50 billion long-term European funding facility for Ukraine, and several other matters pertaining to other nations and the operation of the EU.

Quote from the Foreign Minister: “The meeting will not be easy. But we have reason to believe that in the end the decisions that are needed to ensure macro-financial support for Ukraine will be taken, and macro-financial stability in the country will continue.”

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is opposed to the opening of EU accession talks with Ukraine and the approval of a €50 billion financial aid package for the country.

Furthermore, the decision is dependent upon the outcome of discussions surrounding the EU’s medium-term budget as a whole. Reports from the media indicate that opinions differ on this matter.

European Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn has stated that the EU will consider a plan B if Orbán and possibly Slovakia’s new prime minister block agreement on a financial support package for Ukraine.

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