PRESS RELEASE : Ihor Zhovkva held a meeting with the United for Ukraine parliamentary delegation

The press release issued by the President of Ukraine on 25 August 2022.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva held a meeting with the delegation of the international inter-parliamentary network “United for Ukraine”, which included 30 representatives of the national parliaments of 13 countries – members of the EU, Great Britain, Norway and the European Parliament.

Ihor Zhovkva noted the important role of the association in promoting the foreign policy agenda of Ukraine in the societies and parliaments of the represented states.

“A striking joint achievement was the unanimous support of all EU countries for granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for membership in the European Union,” he emphasized.

The parties discussed in detail our state’s implementation of the recommendations of the European Commission necessary for the advancement of Ukraine on the way to EU membership.

“Implementation of the recommendations of the European Commission by the end of 2022 is quite realistic for us. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the team of the Office of the Head of State and all branches of government are united around this goal in order to move to the next stage in 2023 – the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Work in this direction does not stop for a single day,” Ihor Zhovkva noted.

He informed the foreign parliamentarians about the current security situation in our country as a result of full-scale Russian aggression. The Deputy Head of the President’s Office called for maximum efforts to increase the amount of weapons provided to Ukraine, which stands guard over European security.

Ihor Zhovkva thanked the represented countries for the high level of participation in the Second Summit of the Crimea Platform, which after a year of work expanded the circle of participants, the network of countries lobbying for the deoccupation of Ukrainian Crimea. This year, 60 representatives of states and international organizations from five continents took part in the summit.

“The deoccupation of Crimea and at the same time the restoration of civilized rules of the world order should become our joint story of success,” summed up the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.