Zelensky, Lithuanian Speaker discuss Ukraine’s EU accession prospects

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas of the Republic of Lithuania discussed Ukraine’s European integration and the priorities of Lithuania’s presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of 2027.

The head of state announced this on Facebook, CE Report quotes Ukrinform.

According to Zelenskyy, it is very important that the remaining two negotiation clusters for Ukraine be opened by the end of this year, and that authorized representatives be able to close negotiation chapters during the Lithuanian presidency.

Zelensky briefed Olekas on the meetings in Oslo and the overall situation in the negotiation track.

“We expect that a trilateral meeting between the American, Ukrainian, and Russian teams will take place as early as the beginning of November,” the head of state noted.

As reported, according to Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine hopes to open the last two clusters in the EU accession negotiations by the end of the year, against the backdrop of elections scheduled to take place in several EU member states in 2027.

At the Ukraine-EU Intergovernmental Conference in Luxembourg on October 13, Chapters 2 and 3 of Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations were officially opened.

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