Zelenskyy meets with European Parliament chief Metsola in Lviv
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola (Photo:Screenshot from the video)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola in Lviv on March 4 to discuss Ukraine's bid to join the EU, the President’s Office reports.
"I am grateful for the support of Ukraine from the first days of this terrible war and for important decisions adopted by the European Parliament. In particular, last year on March 1, the day after we applied for EU membership, the European Parliament voted in favor of the resolution to support Ukraine and grant EU candidate status to it," said Zelenskyy.
He emphasized that the country is committed to implementing the European Commission's recommendations as soon as possible and ready to begin accession negotiations this year.
"I have learnt many things from Ukraine the past year. But perhaps the most important lesson is one articulated by Taras Shevchenko: 'Keep fighting, you are sure to win.' True in the quest for peace & freedom as it is in life. Never give up," Metsola tweeted after her meeting with Zelenskyy.
Metsola arrived on an unannounced trip to Lviv the day before, on March 3. On that day, she met with her Ukrainian counterpart, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk.
It is Metsola's second visit to Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. She visited Kyiv in April 2022 and was the first leader of a major EU institution who came to Ukraine since the invasion.
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