KYIV - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Friday that his country will start membership talks with the European Union next week.
"On June 25, we will hold the Ukraine-EU Intergovernmental Conference, which will mark the formal start of negotiations on our accession," Shmyhal told a government meeting.
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After the conference, Ukraine and the EU will launch detailed technical negotiations on dozens of different chapters of the future membership agreement, he said.
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Earlier in the day, the EU adopted the negotiating frameworks for accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, thus greenlighting the membership talks.
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Ukraine was accepted as a candidate for EU membership in June 2022.
In December 2023, the EU leaders agreed to open accession talks with Kyiv.
