EU officials pledge solidarity with Kiev, Zelensky says speed up sanctions |
KYIV, February 2 (Reuters) – Ukraine on Thursday Europe It has called on the bloc to impose more sanctions on Moscow, as some of the bloc’s top officials visited Kiev in a show of solidarity. trip they did.
Europe President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen before the first anniversary of the February 24 invasion militaryfinance and political led a delegation of more than ten officials who promised to help.
“Europe from day one of Ukraine is with us, because we know that the future of our continent is being written here… this is the struggle of democracies against authoritarian regimes,” von der Leyen said at a press conference in Kyiv.
Shortly after his arrival the president Vladimir Zelensky had his first meeting with and the two leaders on Friday 27 national will hold a summit with the chairman of the leader Charles Michel.
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West january reinforced its promises to supply more weapons to Ukraine. However, the EU, not wanting to accept a country at war, emphasized the need for more anti-corruption measures. of Ukraine is about to dash his hopes of being granted membership soon.
“Today we want Ukraine to join the main European programs offer we are doing – this will give Ukraine the same benefits as membership in many areas,” von der Leyen said without promising any date.
Greeting von der Leyen with a kiss on the cheek Zelenskythe EU against Russia 10said that they discussed the package of sanctions.
“We can see that the speed of European sanctions has decreased a bit, while the terrorist state, on the contrary, is increasing the pace of adaptation to sanctions,” he said, standing next to von der Leyen.
However, the EU will be trained by the EU this year Ukraine announced that he had doubled the number of his troops to 30,000 and Ukraine 25 million euros (27.50 million dollars) promised.
‘NOT YET’
EU foreign policy, migration, village senior officials of economy, economy and justice of Ukraine were in the capital.
EU officials said the talks include more weapons and money for Ukraine, as well as greater access to the EU market for Ukrainian products, help to meet Kiev’s energy needs, sanctions against Russia, war Russia to judge the leadership and the extension of the mobile phone without roaming in the EU was discussed. Ukraine is calling for a zone.
The wealthy block is already about 60 to Ukraine billion allocated euro aid, including 12 this year to help manage the country billion close to the euro military support and 18 billion euro, but a fast track to membership while Ukraine is at war offer refuses to do.
“Some may want to speculate about the end game, but the simple truth is that we are not there yet,” said an EU official.
EU officials political and listed many entry requirements, ranging from economic stability to the adoption of various EU laws.
A draft joint statement seen by Reuters said the EU is set to underline its commitment to support “further European integration” after granting Ukraine candidate status in June last year, and will “decide on further steps once all conditions are fully met”.
Kyiv has been struggling with high-level corruption in recent days, but the EU says Ukraine needs to build up a track record over time to shed its reputation for endemic bribery.
Ukraine’s calls for long-range missiles or fighter jets will go unanswered by the EU this week, officials say, and the EU’s expected new sanctions against Russia are unlikely to meet expectations in Ukraine.
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Additional reporting by Gabriela Baczynska and Andrew Gray in Brussels and Pavel Polityuk in Kyiv; Written by Tom Balmforth, edited by Timothy Heritage
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2023-02-03 04:46:41
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