Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held a meeting with the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas.
According to the minister, they discussed the war in Ukraine, as well as efforts to achieve peace and security and Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
“We also discussed strengthening our air defence system, maintaining sanctions pressure on Russia, and measures to ensure Ukraine’s macro-financial stability. In addition, I once again stressed that Ukraine expects the remaining two negotiating clusters with the EU to be opened by the end of this year,” Sybiha said.
- On 4 November, the European Commission published its annual Report on Ukraine as part of the EU Enlargement Package and, according to the document, the country has made progress, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said.
- He said the European Commission confirmed that Ukraine has met the conditions for opening all remaining clusters. The state of accession preparations improved in nine chapters. That is more than twice as many as last year.
- Meanwhile, Hungary asked for additional time to work through its position on opening Ukraine’s last two negotiating clusters with the EU.