2023-11-04 07:45:51
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kiev for an unannounced visit. She wants to give a speech in parliament there, as Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznjak announced on the short message service Telegram channel. The visit comes ahead of a report on Ukraine’s progress in its EU membership bid that the European Union plans to present next week.
After the Russian war of aggression began at the end of February 2022, Ukraine received the status of an EU candidate country. In order for accession negotiations to begin, Kiev still has to fulfill several points. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy firmly expects negotiations to begin this year, as he said in a video message broadcast in Kiev on Thursday evening.
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