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‘Ukraine seeks to join EU within a year after start of membership talks’

Kyiv performing tasks to join bloc faster than anyone expected, says foreign minister

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 31 Mar 2023 11:25AM

‘Ukraine seeks to join EU within a year after start of membership talks’
European Union leaders have accepted Ukraine as a candidate for membership in the bloc in June 2022. The European Commission has put forward seven requirements to be fulfilled by Ukraine for starting the accession talks. – AFP pic, March 31, 2023

KYIV – Ukraine aims to join the European Union (EU) within a year after the start of the membership talks, said its Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

“Our goal is to start EU membership negotiations in 2023. I think it will take about a year for Ukraine to become a full member,” Kuleba was quoted as saying yesterday by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency, according to Xinhua.

Ukraine is performing the tasks put forward by the EU for the membership “much faster than anyone expected,” the minister stressed.

In June 2022, EU leaders accepted Ukraine as a candidate for membership in the bloc.

The European Commission put forward seven requirements to be fulfilled by Ukraine for starting the accession talks. – Bernama, March 31, 2023

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