Portugal calls on the EU to start preparing for Ukraine's accession

Portugal is actively lobbying for Ukraine's accession to the European Union. The country wants the bloc to start preparing for this possible accession.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to Bloomberg.

“We are very much involved in the enlargement process,” Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said in an interview on the sidelines of the Ambrosetti Forum, a conference held on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy.

“We need to prepare for Ukraine's acceptance into the EU when it becomes possible,” he added. This process “will require financial and institutional reform, which we must take care of immediately.”

Regarding the Kursk operation, the Portuguese Foreign Minister said that “Ukraine's invasion of Russia's Kursk region has clearly changed the perception of the balance of the war.” At the same time, he called for negotiations to end the conflict, which, according to the minister, should be led by Kyiv.

Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 09/09/2024