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Photo: Dmitry Kuleba and Josep Borrel (Vitaliy Nosach / RBC-Ukraine)
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell discussed preparations for the Ukraine-EU summit. They had a telephone conversation at the initiative of the EU.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
“The parties discussed preparations for the 22nd Ukraine-EU summit, to be held on October 6 in Brussels. The minister assured that Ukraine remains committed to the implementation of the Association Agreement and strives for greater regulatory convergence and economic integration. gradual in the internal market of the EU “, added. message.
In addition, Borrell expressed his condolences to Kuleba and all the families and friends of those killed in the tragic accident of the AN-26Sh military plane near Kharkov.
We will recall, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, said earlier that the Ukraine-EU summit was postponed from October 1-6. The Ukrainian side hopes that one of the main topics of the summit will be the renewal of the Association Agreement.
As RBC-Ukraine wrote, Kuleba noted that a wide range of topics will be on the agenda during the summit, and the main topic should be the update of the Association Agreement.
At the same time, the European Union Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas said that in the near future no major political steps are expected from the EU in further European integration of Ukraine, but the EU is helping Ukraine to get closer on terms of economics, standards, business and science.
