Zelenskyy promises to fulfil all EU requirements for accession negotiations this year
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised that Ukraine, for its part, will meet all the criteria of the European Commission necessary to start negotiations on joining the EU by the end of this year.
Source: Zelenskyy in his address following the meeting of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, European Pravda reports
The president reported that the meeting of the National Security and Defence Council discussed the tasks that need to be completed by the end of the year in order to fully implement each recommendation of the European Commission for the start of negotiations on joining the EU.
Quote: "For each such direction, the National Security and Defence Council issued the necessary protocol instructions. I am sure that all of them can be fulfilled. Today is exactly one year since Ukraine acquired the status of a candidate for accession to the European Union, and this year the goal is to start membership negotiations. Ukraine will definitely do its part," Zelenskyy assured.
On Thursday, the European Commission presented an oral assessment of Ukraine's progress towards the EU. The European Commission believes that Ukraine has fully implemented two out of seven conditions necessary to open accession negotiations, and progress has been made on the remaining conditions.
The government predicts that Ukraine will fulfil the rest of the EU candidate recommendations by October.
Matti Maasikas, the EU Ambassador to Ukraine, advises resuming e-declaration for officials following an interim assessment of the seven recommendations by the European Commission.
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