Petro Poroshenko, who is participating in the Congress of the European People’s Party in Valencia, Spain, discussed with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the acceleration of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, as well as standard “red lines” in the negotiation process on ending the war. The fifth President reported this on social networks.
“An important and meaningful meeting with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during the European People’s Party Congress. We discussed key issues – accelerating negotiations on accession to the EU, developing a common position on ending the war, and establishing a just and lasting peace. He emphasized the need to clearly fix our common “red lines,” in particular on non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories of our state by Russia,” Petro Poroshenko writes.
“I received a clear signal: there is no talk of a scenario of separating the negotiation processes for Ukraine and Moldova on joining the EU. We agreed that it is important to consider the economic difficulties for Ukrainian exporters when considering the issue of trade preferences for Ukraine,” the fifth President states.
“The President of the European Commission assured that the issues of democracy and the rule of law, multi-party pluralism and opposition rights in Ukraine are at the center of attention of our European partners and are the core of the “Fundamentals” negotiation cluster,” the party leader noted.
Earlier, during his speech at the European People’s Party Congress, Petro Poroshenko called on the European Union to strongly support Ukraine. “The global leadership of the Free World is being tested by the war in Ukraine. Priority No. 1 is the establishment of a reliable and lasting peace. We need a just peace, not just peace. And this should not be at any cost. We need “peace through force,” not “peace through business.” “There can be no peace through capitulation and appeasement of the aggressor,” said Petro Poroshenko.