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EU proposes to start membership talks with Ukraine once conditions met
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1:11Now PlayingTop European Union officials recommended on Wednesday (November 8) that Ukraine be invited to begin membership talks as soon as it meets final conditions, taking Kyiv a step closer to major strategic goal even as it struggles to repel Russia's invasion.
"The Commission recommends that the (EU) Council opens accession negotiations with Ukraine," said Eurpean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a Brussles press conference.
She added the talks should formally be launched once Kyiv satisfied remaining conditions related to stepping up fight against corruption, adopting a law on lobbying in line with EU standards and strengthening national minority safeguards.
The recommendation is an important milestone on Kyiv's road to Western integration and a geo-political gambit for the EU as Ukraine has been fighting against a large-scale Russian invasion since February 2022.
EU leaders are expected to decide on whether to accept the Commission's recommendation at a summit in December.
The European Commission made a similar recommendation for Moldova, Ukraine's neighbour. It also said Georgia should receive the status of a membership candidate once it meets certain conditions.
It said the EU should begin membership talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina "once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is achieved".
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