Historic day: Zelensky on start of EU accession talks

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine stated that starting from today, Ukraine moves on to the actual negotiations on EU membership, which marks a historic day for the country.

That’s according to the president’s post on X, seen by Ukrinform.

“Today is a historic day as we proceed to actual, real negotiations with the European Union on Ukraine's membership. On February 28, 2022, just a few days after the full-scale invasion began, we signed the application for membership. Almost two years ago, in June 2022, we attained candidate status, and last December we secured a political decision on negotiations,” Zelensky wrote.

He noted that it is from today that the start of Ukraine’s membership in the European Union will be marked as the first intergovernmental conference between Ukraine and the EU is taking place on Tuesday, June 25.

“I am grateful to everyone who defends Ukraine, our country and people. I am grateful to the team that is doing everything to make us part of the European Union. We will never be derailed from our path to a united Europe, to our common home of all European nations. A home that must be peaceful!” the Ukrainian president stressed.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, on June 25, the talks on Ukraine’s accession to the EU kicked off at the first intergovernmental conference in Luxembourg.

After that, 35 negotiation chapters will be opened. Ukraine will be entering talks in several chapters simultaneously, applying a cluster approach. There will be six clusters within the negotiations.

Photo: President’s Office