EU Aims to Move Forward With Ukraine Accession Talks Next Week
- Kyiv still has to complete some outstanding conditions
- Commission Vice President Dombrovskis speaks in Kyiv
The EU's Berlaymont building lit up in the colours of the Ukrainian national flag.
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The European Union plans to put forward a negotiating framework for Ukraine’s accession talks as soon as next week as the war-torn country seeks to speed up its integration into the bloc, Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said.
The EU’s executive arm will recommend that member states proceed with adopting the framework once Ukraine fulfills outstanding conditions, Dombrovskis said in a news conference Friday with Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv. “There’s already very good progress, so that should not create any substantial delays.”