Serbian president pledges support for Ukraine on path to EU membership

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has assured Ukraine of his support as it progresses towards EU membership and said he hopes Kyiv will succeed in opening and closing all the negotiating clusters.

Source: Vučić at a press conference with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Belgrade, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Vučić said he and Zelenskyy had discussed Serbia's and Ukraine's progress towards EU membership.

"Ukraine will always have our support on its path to the EU. We make no comments regarding the halting of anyone else's path just because we have been unable to open certain clusters," he said.

"We hope that Ukraine will open and close all the negotiating clusters as quickly as possible, because that is the wish of the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian leadership. And speaking for ourselves, we will have no problems with this in the future," Vučić stated.

On the contrary, Serbia will do everything in its power to help Ukraine on its European path, he added.

Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, expects the remaining negotiating clusters to be opened for Ukraine this autumn.

In his view, completing negotiations with the EU by the end of 2027 is an ambitious goal, but an achievable one.

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