Ukraine's Foreign Minister Reveals Ukraine and EU Goals to Achieve by December
Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, has announced that during the informal EU ministerial meeting in Toledo, they managed to agree on decisions that need to be achieved by December.
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The tasks set by Kuleba are:
- Increasing the export of Ukrainian grain by sea and land routes.
- Expanding the number of participants in the Peace Formula and approaching the Global Peace Summit.
- Doubling efforts to return Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
- Increasing joint arms production based on the Defence Industry Forum in Ukraine.
- Increasing the number of munitions to be supplied under the relevant EU initiative.
- Mobilising funds for humanitarian supplies of Ukrainian grain to countries in Africa and Asia at the second Grain from Ukraine summit.
- Initiating membership negotiations between Ukraine and the EU by the end of 2023.
The head of the Ukrainian MFA added that this is not an exhaustive list and that final agreements on these tasks will be reached by the leaders of the countries.
Earlier, Kuleba asked European colleagues to consider ways to protect trade ships going through the alternative "grain corridor" while they are in Ukrainian territorial waters, including using air defence systems.
During the meeting, Kuleba also listed Ukraine's priority military needs, which generally remain unchanged, and emphasised the need for armoured "fast" vehicles for evacuating the wounded from the front lines.