Costa invites Zelensky to EU summit and announces opening of two negotiation clusters

Phone call between EU and Ukrainian leaders

European Council President António Costa held a telephone consultation with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. During the conversation, the parties discussed the current state of affairs and the dynamics of Ukraine's integration process into the European Union.

Costa reported on the results of the dialogue in his official account on the social network X.

Summit invitation and progress in negotiations

According to the European Council President, he officially invited Volodymyr Zelensky to participate in the EU leaders' summit scheduled for next week.

«Ми обговорили прогрес України на шляху до вступу в ЄС. Ми з нетерпінням чекаємо на відкриття двох переговорних кластерів наступного тижня, а також усіх решти кластерів до кінця року» (We discussed Ukraine's progress on the path to EU accession. We look forward to the opening of two negotiation clusters next week, as well as all remaining clusters by the end of the year), Costa emphasised.

Position on Russian attacks

Separately, António Costa drew attention to the increasing intensity of Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory. He noted that such escalation indicates that Russia has no genuine interest in a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

«ЄС і надалі підтримуватиме Україну, доки не буде досягнуто справедливого та тривалого миру. Настав час Росії припинити війну» (The EU will continue to support Ukraine until a just and lasting peace is achieved. It is time for Russia to end the war), the European Council President underlined.