Ukraine plans to start negotiations on the country’s accession to the European Union by the end of 2023 and is discussing this issue with France. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kuleba, at a joint press conference in Paris with a colleague from France, Catherine Colonna. DEA News.
“We discussed the path that the European Union and Ukraine should follow by the end of this year in order to start negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. I thanked France separately for being one of the first leaders to begin to seriously support President Macron’s issue of granting Ukraine candidate status for membership,” the Ukrainian minister said.
According to him, Ukraine has already carried out some of the reforms necessary for EU accession. The association added that Kuleba also took a series of steps.
Prior to that, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, stated that the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the European Union It should be discussed At the next summit of the heads of state and government of European countries.
Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba declarationHe said he did not understand what conditions Kiev had to meet to join NATO.