Ukraine plans to join EU in at most two years - Shmyhal
Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this at the Yalta European Strategy meeting held in Kyiv on Sunday, Ukrinform reports, citing the government's website.
"We will move at a very fast pace. We have analyzed how other countries paved this way. It took them, five, seven, or eight years. We have the ambition to complete this journey in a maximum of two years and achieve our goal of being a full-fledged member of the European Union," Shmyhal said.
He said that Ukraine had defended its civilizational choice and would prolong its advancement towards the West.
"The main conclusion after 200 days of this bloody war is that Ukraine has won strategically. We won in upholding our freedom, our democracy. We won in our strategic vector to unite with Europe. Russia has lost strategically. They remained in their archaic Soviet model of existence with their propaganda, with their imperial ambitions, which we will obviously not allow them to achieve," Shmyhal said.
He also thanked the Armed Forces and all Ukrainian military personnel who provide the possibility to discuss and plan a successful European future for Ukraine.
On June 23, the heads of state and government of the EU countries decided to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate country for EU membership.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that despite the war unleashed by Russia, Ukraine will continue to implement the legislation, norms and rules of the European Union, and the Cabinet of Ministers will develop a respective road map to fulfill the requirements for joining the EU.
Photo: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
