Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a meeting in Lviv with the head of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, that Kiev plans to start negotiations on the country’s entry into the European Union this year. He wrote this on his Telegram channel.
“Ukraine aims to complete the implementation of the European Commission’s recommendations as soon as possible and to start EU accession negotiations this year,” the Ukrainian leader said. said.
Zelensky He thanked Metsola, who came to the meeting for the leadership in supporting his country and for the important decisions taken by the European Parliament on the situation regarding Ukraine. In particular, he mentioned the decision of the European Parliament in March last year to pass a resolution on the need to grant Ukraine candidate status for EU membership.
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, in his speech at the Munich Security Conference, declarationUkraine has already become “part of the European family”, all that remains is to “institutionalize this decision”.
Ukraine applied for EU membership on February 28 last year. in June he accepted Candidate status for European Community membership.