Prime Minister Denis Shmygal expects that the European Commission will give specific dates for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, taking into account the country’s success in implementing the association agreement as the government portal reported, writes 112.international
“Ukraine has already fulfilled 63% of the tasks stipulated by the Association Agreement. We are ready to work hard further in this direction. Of course, we want to hear in response to progress specific dates when Ukraine can be a candidate country when Ukraine can be included in the European Union,” Shmygal said.
He has declared readiness of official Kyiv for two years to sign and implement five “visa-free” with the European Union: industrial (agreement АСАА), energy (joining to the European network ENTSO-E), customs, digital and continuing implementation of the agreement on the Joint Aviation Area.
Last October, President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the readiness of three more EU member states to sign a declaration of support for Ukraine’s European integration.
On May 3, the joint declaration was signed by the leaders of Ukraine and Poland on Warsaw’s support for Kyiv’s European aspirations.
Lithuania was the first country to sign the joint declaration states support of the European prospect of Ukraine.
The next country that signed the declaration on the European prospect of Ukraine was Latvia.
