Russian Foreign Ministry: the decision to start negotiations on Ukraine's membership in the EU is politicized
12/16/2023, 1:59:28 PM
Highlights: Russian Foreign Ministry: the decision to start negotiations on Ukraine's membership in the EU is politicized. The ministry added that the population of European countries, which is driven into difficult socio-economic conditions, will pay the high price of such a decision. On December 14, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, said that European leaders had decided to begin negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on joining the European Union. The press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said the negotiations could last for decades.
The decision of the European Union to start negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the association is dubious and politicized, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
This is stated on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"Dubious from a legal point of view and obviously politicized decisions are being made: on the start of pre-accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, which not only do not meet, but directly contradict the elementary criteria of the EU," the statement said.
The ministry added that the population of European countries, which is driven into difficult socio-economic conditions, will pay the high price of the consequences of such a decision.
On December 14, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, said that European leaders had decided to start negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on joining the European Union.
The press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said that negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the European Union could last for decades.