The President emphasized that a major integration of Ukraine into the internal market of the European Union is being prepared.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi notes that there is an understanding that negotiations on Ukraine’s membership in the European Union can be started this year.

The head of state reminded that on February 3, another Ukraine-European Union summit was held in Kyiv.

“We have quite specific agreements with our partners on how Ukraine will become even closer to the European Union,” he said in his video message.

He emphasized that Ukraine is moving towards its goal.

“We preserved Ukrainian freedom, we protect the values ​​of Ukraine, and we will achieve the goals of our state. The European goals of our state. Today, during the summit, there was a lot of confidence in this. We spoke and are already speaking as members of the European community. And we are working to record this where -jure,” said the president.

Zelenskyi told what was agreed upon today.

There is an understanding that it is possible to start negotiations on Ukraine’s membership in the EU this year. The partners also understand that this year, as last year, they should continuously strengthen the defense support of our country and the pressure on Russia, in particular the sanctions. pressure,” the head of state said.

He added that the tenth EU sanctions package, which is currently being prepared, was also discussed today. “We have our proposals regarding this package – today we voiced them to our partners,” Zelenskyi said.

In addition, they discussed changes in the institutions of Ukraine, which are being carried out and which our country is still preparing to implement. “We discussed financial cooperation. Of course, we discussed the restoration of infrastructure, primarily social and energy,” the head of state added.

Implementation of the Fast Recovery Plan was also discussed. “I thank the European Commission for the decision on one billion euros, which will be directed specifically to Fast Recovery,” Zelenskyy said.

He also added that the major integration of Ukraine into the EU internal market is being prepared – this means “large revenues of Ukrainian companies, more production and jobs in our country; these are revenues of the state and local budgets.” “That is, this is what makes Ukraine really stronger,” the president said.

Zelenskyi also noted that he had already reported on various agreements regarding the Ukrainian peace formula.

“These are specific ten points, the implementation of which will definitely allow us to restore our territorial integrity and security, not only of Ukraine, but also of all of Europe, and the international legal order. That is, to restore everything that Russia’s aggression is destroying. Today, the EU officially supported the Ukrainian formula for peace. This is recorded in the final statement of the summit. And we agreed on specific help from the EU in implementing our formula for peace,” the head of state emphasized.

He called it a significant diplomatic achievement. “And we are doing everything to make Russia’s aggression suicidal for it,” Zelenskyy said.

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As President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated, during the Ukraine-EU summit held in Kyiv on February 3, an action plan was approved for the further integration of sectors of the Ukrainian economy into the common market of the European Union.

“One of the important achievements of the summit was the progress in the integration of Ukraine into the internal market of the European Union. We approved the plan of priority actions for 2023-2024. Its implementation will make Ukraine a de facto member of the European Union at the level of economic sectors – industry, agriculture, energy, digital services, transport, financial sphere, customs,” he said.