Zelensky meets Lithuanian Seimas speaker to discuss Ukraine’s European integration
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas of the Republic of Lithuania discussed Ukraine’s European integration and the priorities of Lithuania’s presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of 2027.
Ukrainian President Zelensky met with Lithuanian Seimas speaker Raimundas Olekas to discuss Ukraine's European integration efforts. The President emphasized the importance of opening the remaining two negotiation clusters for Ukraine by the end of the year, during talks with Olekas. Zelensky provided an update on recent meetings in Oslo and the current state of the negotiation track.
He also mentioned the expectation of a trilateral meeting between American, Ukrainian, and Russian teams at the beginning of November. Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Vsevolod Chentsov, reported that Ukraine aims to open chapters 2 and 3 of its EU accession negotiations by year-end, following elections in several EU member states in 2027.
The formal opening of these chapters took place during the Ukraine-EU Intergovernmental Conference in Luxembourg on October 13th.
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