Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine will determine Europe's representative in negotiations with the Russian Federation
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President Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine will decide who will represent Europe at the negotiating table with Russia. He also hopes to open five more negotiation clusters with the EU by the end of July.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the European Union countries are discussing their role in the future negotiation process with russia, but it is Ukraine that will determine who will represent Europe at the negotiating table. The head of state said this in an interview with the media, reports UNN.
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According to the president, the Ukrainian issue became the main topic of the last European Council meeting.
This week I was at the European Council. The topic of Ukraine was the longest for the first time in all the years of the European Council: our communication lasted two hours - the entire non-public part
The president noted that during the meeting, the parties discussed Europe's participation in the dialogue with russia.
Europe will think about the format, offer several possibilities, but Ukraine will determine who will be the negotiator from Europe. That is fair
Kyiv hopes to open five more negotiation clusters with the EU
Zelenskyy also reported that during the meeting, they separately discussed the risks for European countries in the absence of a negotiation process with russia.
We spoke absolutely openly about what will happen if we do not sit putin down at the negotiating table now. Which countries are under threat
In addition, the head of state stated that Ukraine has fulfilled the necessary conditions for advancing negotiations on EU accession.
As for the other clusters, we have done everything. There are chances from mid to late July to open five more clusters, if there is no purely political blocking