BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stressed that Ukraine’s place is in the European Union during a visit to the embattled country’s capital, Kyiv, on Monday morning.
Ukraine can “rely on us and on our understanding of EU enlargement as a necessary geopolitical consequence of Russia’s war,” said Baerbock upon arrival, according to a statement.
Ukraine already has candidate status, said Baerbock. “And now we are preparing to take a decision on opening EU accession talks.”
On judicial reform and media legislation, Ukraine’s reform results are already impressive, she said.
But there is still a long way to go in the implementation of the anti-oligarch law and the fight against corruption, added the foreign minister.
The visit is Baerbock’s fourth since the war in Ukraine broke out in February 2022.
(Reporting by Alexander Ratz; Writing by Ozan Ergenay; Editing by Miranda Murray)
