Josep Borrell, head of the European Union’s foreign policy service, said the conflict in Ukraine played a role in supporting Kiev’s European integration goals. In an interview RNE He noted that if it were not for a special military operation by Russia, the Ukrainian side would hardly have received the status of an entry candidate.
“When we say that we consider Ukraine a candidate country and that we will do everything possible to help it achieve the necessary conditions for the transition from candidacy to membership, this is a serious political commitment, these are not empty words. Of course, it was said because there was a conflict, and if it wasn’t for that, we wouldn’t have said that, we wouldn’t have made that commitment, but we did,” Borrell explained.
Ukraine accelerated its efforts to join the European Union with the start of the Russian military operation at the end of February 2022. Against the background of the conflict, Kiev received EU candidate status and promised to reach the stage of accession negotiations in 2023. At the same time, as of the end of June, Ukraine had met only two of the seven conditions needed to start the negotiation process.
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Source: Gazeta
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