JAKARTA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the Informal European Union Summit (EU Summit) in Cyprus to urge European leaders to immediately accept Ukraine's membership in the bloc and agree to a loan of 90 billion euros (Rp1.8 trillion).
Dilansir ANTARA dari laporan Financial Times mengutip sumber mengatakan pertemuan di AyiaNapapada Kamis (23/4) dan Jumat (24/4) itu akanpenuh tantangan, terutama dengan kehadiran Zelenskyyyang dipastikan akan datang secara luring dan bukan melalui tautan panggilan video.
Previously, Germany and France proposed granting Ukraine EU membership benefits symbolically, which was in contrast to Kiev's push to immediately become a full member of the bloc.
In June 2022, the EU granted "candidate" status to Ukraine and Moldova, setting out several conditions for starting talks on the two countries' access to the EU.
Two years later, in June 2024, the EU-Ukraine and EU-Moldova intergovernmental conferences were held for the first time in Luxembourg, Germany, marking the official start of the EU accession negotiations.
Although they have been given "candidate" status and accession talks have begun, this does not guarantee that these countries will become EU members.
For information, Turkey has been a candidate for EU membership since 1999, North Macedonia since 2005, Montenegro since 2010, and Serbia since 2012.
Meanwhile, Croatia, the last country to join the EU, has been a candidate since 2013 after a 10-year process.
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