Ukraine ratifies agreement with EU on joint development of infrastructure

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has adopted a law on the ratification of the agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on participation in the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

Holos Party MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak said this in a post on the Telegram messaging app, Ukrinform reports.

He clarified that 332 MPs had voted for a respective bill, No. 0232.

The signing of the agreement will allow Ukraine to join the program, which is aimed at building, developing, modernizing trans-European networks in the transport, energy and digital sectors and promoting cross-border cooperation in the field of renewable energy, taking into account long-term commitments to decarbonization and the goal of increasing European competitiveness.

Ukraine's participation in the CEF program is expected to attract EU funding to support the development of high-performance, sustainable and effectively interconnected trans-European networks in the fields of transport, energy and digital services.