Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Ukraine hopes to start EU accession negotiations in the first half of 2024.
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Ukraine hopes to start EU accession negotiations in first half of 2024
We are waiting and wishing to obtain the approval of the European Council at their next meeting [this week], and believe we can begin accession negotiations in the first half of this year
We hope that our European partners will approve it without any additional amendments, as the European Commission proposes
President Charles Michel named 2030 a possible target year for further EU enlargement, but we will do our best for Ukraine that it could happen earlier
We will get up to speed double-time – I believe that it will not take us more than two years
The Ukrainian government believes the negotiations on the country's accession to the European Union can start in the first half of 2024
Ukraine aims to complete EU accession within two years
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