President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky had a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
As reported by the Office of the President, the conversation took place on the eve of an important meeting of the European Council on December 14-15 in Brussels.
— The parties coordinated their positions and also discussed Ukraine’s progress in implementing the recommendations of the European Commission necessary to begin negotiations on our country’s accession to the EU, — the message says.
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Vladimir Zelensky expressed hope that Ukraine’s efforts towards the start of negotiations will be fairly assessed and the leaders of the European Union will make an appropriate historic decision.
— Ukraine has fulfilled its part of its obligations. We have once again proven that we are capable, despite unprecedented challenges, of achieving impressive results on our path to the EU. I believe that unity will prevail at tomorrow's meeting of the European Council and the European Union will once again confirm its strength and leadership, — stated the President of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian President and the head of the Italian government exchanged views on the implementation of the points of the Peace Formula, as well as on the preparation of the Global Peace Summit.
Ukraine’s path to the EU
We recall that at the European Council summit, which will be held on December 14-15 in Brussels, the leaders of the European Union will consider the issue of starting negotiations between Ukraine and the EU.
One of the main obstacles is the position of Hungary, since Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has already stated several times that he will oppose the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Without Orban, Ukraine will not be given a decision on the negotiations, since the consent of all 27 member countries is required to make a decision.
Italy, where the head of government is Giorgia Meloni, advocates that Ukraine receive a positive decision at the summit of EU leaders.
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It is noteworthy that the day before Austria joined the countries that will block the start of negotiations on accession to the EU with Ukraine. Thus, the Austrian government believes that Ukraine should not have advantages over the countries of the Western Balkans, with which negotiations on accession to the EU have been ongoing for a long time.
