The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has arrived this Thursday within the capital of Ukraine, kyiv, for the summit with the Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski, through which fifteen European commissioners will take part, in a brand new show of political assist for the Ukrainian authorities within the face of the Russian invasion and to deal with the progress in the direction of its doable entry into the European Union.
“It’s good to be again in kyiv, my fourth time because the begin of the Russian invasion,” Von der Leyen mentioned via his Twitter account, the place he pressured that this time he’s touring along with his “crew of commissioners.” “We are all collectively to indicate that the EU stands with Ukraine as firmly as ever and that we’re going to strengthen our assist and cooperation,” he added.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, will be part of this Friday to carry a summit between the EU and Ukraine.
Good to be again in Kyiv, my 4th time since Russia’s invasion.
This time, with my crew of Commissioners.
We are right here collectively to indicate that the EU stands by Ukraine as firmly as ever.
And to deepen additional our assist and cooperation. pic.twitter.com/zf8fvoNKnG
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 2, 2023
Together with Von der Leyen, the Vice President of the European Commission and Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager; the financial vice-president of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis; the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell; the neighborhood vice chairman for Inter-institutional Relations, Maros Sefcovic; the Vice President of the European Commission accountable for Values and Transparency, Vera Jourová; and the Vice President of the European Commission liable for the European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas.
The European Commission has highlighted in an announcement that this go to “is a sturdy image” of the group’s assist for Ukraine “within the face of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified aggression”, whereas stressing that the conferences “will probably be a chance to hold out exchanges within the many areas of cooperation between the EU and Ukraine and focus on the long run reconstruction, in addition to the European path of the nation”.
On the eve of the journey, Borrell acknowledged that “we should be optimistic and practical on the identical time”, whereas stressing that Ukraine’s doable accession to the European bloc should comply with the method based mostly on reforms that “no one can skip”. Despite the truth that Brussels and the Twenty-seven have taken unprecedented steps to convey Ukraine nearer to the EU, granting it candidate standing in document time, Borrell mentioned that its entry into the bloc is not going to be “a factor of tomorrow”.
Thus, the assembly between the European Commission and the Ukrainian authorities will serve to deepen the dialogue on the accession course of and overview kyiv’s reform agenda to combine into the bloc. The day after, an EU-Ukraine summit will happen within the presence of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
In the announcement chapter, official affirmation is anticipated that the EU will improve the capability of its coaching mission for Ukrainian troops to coach 30,000 troopers, double the preliminary purpose, along with a finances of 25 million for demining applications on the bottom and the formal adoption of the seventh batch of 500 million from the fund that the EU makes use of to pay for the cargo of arms from the Twenty-seven to Ukraine.