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EU to finalise advice 'next week' on Ukraine hopes to join

GreenWatch Desk Diplomacy 2022-06-11, 8:11pm




European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday her executive will "by the end of next week" finalise its opinion on whether Ukraine should be a candidate country to join the EU.

"The discussions today will enable us to finalise our assessment by the end of next week," she told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv during a surprise visit, reports BSS.