The activation of European leaders around the issue of Kyiv’s accession to the EU “is a game”, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, quoted by TASS.
“This was stated mainly by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. They are preparing some recommendations, giving guidelines, but they themselves admit that Ukraine has not fulfilled a significant part of the criteria. Kiev states, through the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba – “for what they have these criteria, they must accept us without conditions”. I perceive all this with great difficulty. It seems to me that this is a game, a continuation of the line that the EU is following after the disappearance of the Soviet Union”, Lavrov said in response to a journalist’s question .
On November 8, the European Commission recommended that negotiations be started with Ukraine and Moldova on joining the EU, and that Georgia be given the status of a candidate country for membership, Reuters and AFP reported.
“The Commission recommends to the Council to start negotiations on the accession of Ukraine,” the European Commission said in a statement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the European Commission’s decision as “the right step in history,” Reuters reported.
“Ukrainians deserve it both because of our defense of European values and because of the fact that even in a time of full-scale war we continue to develop our state institutions,” he emphasized.
The leaders of the EU countries at their summit in December must approve this decision for Ukraine.
2023-11-13 05:26:55
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