Ukraine's Foreign Minister supports Serbia's EU membership after meeting with Serbian President

Ukrainska Pravda
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. Photo: Kuleba on Twitter (X)
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. Photo: Kuleba on Twitter (X)
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić during his visit to Belgrade to discuss bilateral relations and European integration.

Source: European Pravda, citing Kuleba on Twitter (X)

Details: During the meeting, the Foreign Minister thanked the Serbian President for agreeing to hold a Ukrainian-Serbian business forum and to continue the work of the Serbian diplomatic mission in Ukraine for the first time since March 2022.

Quote: "We also discussed our countries’ path toward the European Union. The project of a united Europe will only be complete with the accession of Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans," he added, referring to the future EU membership of Ukraine and Serbia.

Background:

  • Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba reportedly arrived in Belgrade on Sunday, 12 May. It is the first visit of a Ukrainian official to Serbia since the start of Russia's full-scale aggression.

  • Serbia, Russia's ally in the Balkans, has repeatedly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the UN and other international forums, but has refused to join international sanctions against the Kremlin.

  • Serbian President Vučić has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy three times since 2022, most recently in Tirana for the Ukraine-Balkans conference in February.

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