9 minutes agoZelensky urges Ukraine's EU membership talks to begin this year
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(3 years ago)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he expects talks on Ukraine's membership in the European Union to begin at the end of this year. “The goal is to start negotiations this year, and this is not just a goal, but a big target”, Zelensky said in Kiev, at a joint conference with [the] chief of the [...]
The “Synim is to start negotiations this year and this is not just the goal, but the big target”, Zelensky said in Kiev, at a joint conference with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leenen, and European Council President Charles Michel.
“Ukraine and the EU, we are a family”, Michel said.
The future of Ukraine is within the EU”, he added, not to mention deadlines.
Your determination to move the country forward is impressive”, said von der Leenen.
She has acknowledged that Ukraine has made some reforms, despite the war, but has added that the EU membership process does not have “ifate timeline”.
These statements are made under a summit that has been held between the EU and Ukraine in Kiev.
Membership in the European bloc is a highly complex and long process, as it relates to harmonising the laws of the respective country and those of the EU.
The process from candidate country status, which Ukraine has secured last year, to the launch of official talks, has lasted, on occasion, more than a decade. / REL
