Austria was against negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU: Kyiv responded to this statement

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Ukraine is on the verge of starting negotiations on accession to the EU. Previously, Austria spoke out against this process, so Ukraine reacted.

Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna in the commentary correspondent 24 channels Sofia Nazarenko commented on the statement of the Chancellor of Austria, who opposes the accelerated procedure for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. According to Stefanishina, during the meeting with the Austrian delegation she did not see any hints of blocking on their part.

A positive signal is very important

The Chancellor of Austria made a statement against the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, speaking in parliament. According to Stefanishina, the Austrian parliament still made a decision “in support of a positive signal to all enlargement countries.”

In addition, today on the sidelines of the EU Council meeting on general issues, the Ukrainian minister there was a bilateral meeting with an Austrian colleague.

She (Austrian Minister for European Affairs – Channel 24) also said that there were no hints of blocking the decision no,” Stefanishyna said.

The Ukrainian minister says that a positive impulse for all countries is historically important now and in the future it can prevent the formation of “islands of instability” in certain regions .

Ukraine’s accession to the EU – will negotiations begin

• Issues of the beginning of the negotiation process on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union will be discussed at the summit on December 14 – 15. The majority of member countries were in favor of starting the process. On December 11, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Juraj Blanar, took part in a meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. One of the topics of negotiations between the heads of diplomacy of the EU member states also concerned Ukraine.
• Dmitry Kuleba said that there is not a single country in Europe that does not want to see our state as part of the organization . There are only those who wish to study the consequences more carefully. He emphasized that there are some positive signals from Hungary.
• On December 8, the Verkhovna Rada supported three European integration bills. President Vladimir Zelensky has already signed them. Earlier, people's deputy from Golos Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced support for European integration bills. He noted that “to date, unrestrained reforms have been completed.”