Kiev - Brussels: Agencies - Europe and the Arabs
A few hours after European Foreign Policy Coordinator Josep Borrell made statements from Kiev stressing that the greatest security commitment the European Union can make to Ukraine is to obtain its membership, European Council President Charles Michel said that Ukraine could join the European Union by 2030. If all necessary conditions are met. According to what was reported by the Middle East News Agency on Wednesday morning
Michel added - in response to a journalist’s question whether he meant Ukraine when he called on the European Union to prepare to accept new members by 2030 - “Ukraine can become a member of the European Union in 2030 if both sides do their duty,” according to the Ukrainian news agency “Ukrinform”. .
He noted that Ukraine and other candidate countries must implement reforms, fight corruption and meet legal requirements.
He continued, "We in the European Union must clearly understand what we want to achieve together, what our priorities are and what we want to spend money on, and we need to accelerate decision-making processes." He stressed that Russia's resistance showed that Ukraine belongs to the European Union, and this will happen soon.