Yermak reveals when Ukraine will start negotiations on joining EU

"We expect to receive the EU candidate country status following the European Council meeting in June. Next, accession negotiations are to begin, which should be held in a fast-track procedure.

Now the whole team of the President, the [President’s] Office, and the Government is working to do everything in our power as soon as possible," Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak posted on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

He noted that the first part of the questionnaire to assess Ukraine's ability to acquire the status of a candidate country for EU accession had already been completed and submitted to the European Commission. Everything was done in a week, as President Zelensky promised European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during her visit to Kyiv.

According to Yermak, the authorities will continue to work on the second part of the questionnaire and will wait for a positive recommendation from the European Commission.

Ukraine will be in the EU, he stressed.

On April 8, during a visit to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen handed over a questionnaire to Zelensky.

Photo credit: Andriy Yermak, Telegram

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