“Stefanishyna called the problems that Hungary can create for Ukraine on the way to the EU a subject of bilateral dialogue”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“This is, let’s say, the starter of the negotiation process. How the negotiation process will develop in absolutely all directions in 2024-2025 will depend on how the first round of negotiations will take place,” Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Minister of Justice Olga Stefanishyna said in Brussels, speaking to journalists.
According to her, the preparation for the negotiations regarding the first block related to the rule of law lasted four months. 250 representatives of all branches of government were involved, as well as representatives of civil society.
“Negotiations will last three days. They cover blocks of all reforms in the field of the rule of law: issues of human rights, issues of the impact of a full-scale war on democratic institutions, on their functioning in Ukraine, on the observance of human rights. We will discuss the consequences of Russian aggression and the measures we are taking to hold Russia accountable,” the government official said.
Stefanishyna called the problems that Hungary can create for Ukraine on the way to the EU a subject of bilateral dialogue.
“At this stage, at the level of the EU member states, at the level of the European Commission, it is absolutely clear that all problematic issues of Ukraine and Hungary are matters of bilateral dialogue, the subject of bilateral dialogue. Fortunately, we managed to, let’s say, manage this process of issues that relate specifically to the negotiation process,” the official said.