https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/27/7528017/
"Lithuania is urging EU capitals to take decisive action to make Ukraine’s EU
membership application real and irreversible.
Source: a letter Lithuania sent last week to EU capitals ahead of the
informal EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen on 1-2 September, as
reported by Lithuanian public broadcaster
LRT
Details: In the letter, Vilnius urged the EU to take decisive action to make
Ukraine’s membership application real and irreversible.
According to the letter, starting negotiations would boost Ukrainian morale and
support reforms at a time when Russia is intensifying its military actions.
It also warns that inaction could weaken public support in Ukraine and
undermine the institutional will for reform.
Lithuania’s proposal suggests beginning technical-level negotiations with
Ukraine and Moldova
without Hungary, if 26 member states agree, with official
approval to follow later if Budapest changes its position.
The letter also reiterates Lithuania’s long-standing call to set 2030 as the
target year for Ukraine’s EU accession, arguing that this timeline would help
both sides plan reforms and allocate resources.
Lithuania’s acting Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys told
LRT that Vilnius is
calling for Ukraine's path to the EU to be unblocked.
He emphasised that any further delay is geopolitically harmful for both Ukraine
and the EU, and that Ukraine’s membership is part of Europe’s security
guarantees and crucial for long-term peace and stability.
The proposals are expected to be discussed in Copenhagen, where ministers, led
by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, will focus mainly on the war in Ukraine
and the Middle East."
Via Susan ****
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