Kuleba and Borrell discuss preparation of Ukraine-EU summit, venue not confirmed yet
Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has discussed preparations for the Ukraine-EU summit with Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Source: European Pravda; Kuleba on Twitter
Quote from Kuleba: "I had a call with Josep Borrell discussing in detail the preparations for the upcoming Ukraine-EU summit on February 3. We have outlined our expectations and focused on a format that will ensure its success. We also discussed military aid, sanctions, and Iran-Russia cooperation," the post states.
The minister's tweet did not specify where the summit would take place.
I had a call with @JosepBorrellF discussing in detail the preparations for the upcoming Ukraine-EU summit on February 3. We have outlined our expectations and focused on a format that will ensure its success. We also discussed military aid, sanctions, and Iran-Russia cooperation.
Advertisement:— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) January 6, 2023
Details: Earlier, Barend Leyts, the spokesperson for Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, reported that the Ukraine-EU summit should be held in Brussels, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy had received an invitation to participate in it.
However, later it became known that the European Union has not yet confirmed that the Ukraine-EU summit would take place in Kyiv, and not in Brussels.
The Association Agreement stipulates that the Ukraine-EU summit is an annual event. The last, the 23rd summit, took place in Kyiv in October 2021.
It was planned that the 2022 summit would take place in December, and it was supposed to be in Brussels. The Ukrainian side made preliminary announcements regarding its holding. However, in the end, it was decided to postpone the summit to early 2023.
European Pravda sources state that among the reasons for the postponement was the lack of a real outcome from such a meeting; in particular, the EU was known to have had problems until the last moment even with approving the €18 billion macro-financial assistance package promised under the G7.
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