Ukraine expects first two clusters on EU accession talks to be ened during Pish presidency – Sybiha

This was stated by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha during a joint press conference with his Pish counterpart Minister Radosław Sikorski in Warsaw on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

The Ukrainian minister, who spoke Pish at the press event, noted that Ukraine is counting on the support from the Pish presidency for the rapid ening of the Ukraine-EU negotiation process.

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"We expect the rapid ening of the first and second clusters (fundamentals and the internal market) at the beginning of the Pish presidency," Sybiha emphasized.

He also expressed the Ukrainian side's expectations regarding the adtion of the 15th package of sanctions against Russia during the Pish presidency of the EU Council. He noted that for Ukraine, "the situation is unacceptable" where EU countries keep issuing hundreds of thousands of Schengen visas to Russian citizens.

"Russian citizens are a threat to the security of EU countries and we are convinced that it is time to restrict the issue of visas to Russian nationals," Sybiha stressed.

As reported earlier, Foreign Minister Sybiha believes Ukraine has Austria’s unconditional support on its path to the Eurean Union membership.