The leaders of the two countries will visit their counterparts in Europe who are skeptical of such a decision. Presidents of Poland and Slovakia Andrzej Duda and Zuzana Chaputowa
will visit the leaders of a number of European countries to try to convince them of the need to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for membership in the European Union as soon as possible. This was announced by Andrzej Duda at a press conference, according to his press service and Spiegel.
“I accepted Zuzana Chaputova's offer to conduct a kind of lobbying mission towards Ukraine among our colleagues in the EU, in Western Europe, especially where there are doubts whether Ukraine should get this status quickly. We have no doubt that this status should be granted to her as soon as possible, “said the President of Poland.
Zuzana Chaputova added that granting candidate status is “a natural gesture in the difficult situation in which Ukraine is now.”
In addition, Duda stressed that our state protects not only itself , but also Europe “from the ambitions and imperial actions of modern Russia.”
In his opinion, Ukraine should be supported in all possible ways. That is why his state provides both humanitarian and military assistance needed to counter the Russian invasion.
The President of Poland added that his country is “absolutely unambiguous” about the Russian war against Ukraine: “Everyone knows that we need to help Ukrainians who are fleeing to protect themselves from death, war and rape. ”
Earlier, German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said that Germany insists on our country's full membership in the European Union .
It will be recalled that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said earlier that the EU's probable refusal to grant Ukraine candidate status would be a fraud./strong>. He stressed that our country is the only place in Europe where people die for the values on which the European Union is based.
The European Commission plans to present a report on the readiness of Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia by the end of June before joining the European Union .
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