Spanish Prime Minister to visit Ukraine.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit Ukraine on July 1 at President Volodymyr Zelensky's invitation, the President's Office announced[1] on June 29. The trip will take place on the first day of Spain's presidency of the EU Council. "For the first time, the beginning of a country's presidency will be emphasized by a visit to Ukraine.

And this actually says a lot about how important the next six months will be for our Europe," Zelensky commented on the upcoming visit. "This is a historic time to start negotiations on Ukraine's membership in the EU. A Europe of values, a free and strong Europe, a Europe of peace is unthinkable without Ukraine."

Ukraine officially applied for EU membership in late February 2022, just days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, and was granted[2] candidacy status in June 2022. On June 19, Kyiv announced[3] it has met two out of seven conditions to launch the EU accession talks. Spain, a NATO and EU member, has continuously supported[4] Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, providing training and military equipment, including Leopard 2 tanks.

Madrid has named[5] coordinated support for Ukraine as one of the issues it will advocate for during its presidency.

Polish, Lithuanian presidents back Ukraine's NATO membership ahead of Vilnius summit Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met his Polish and Lithuanian counterparts, Andrzej Duda and Gitanas Nauseda, in Kyiv on June 28, to discuss military support and Ukraine's NATO aspirations.

[6] Martin Fornusek

News Editor

Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press.

He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer.

Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

References

  1. ^ announced (www.president.gov.ua)
  2. ^ granted (kyivindependent.com)
  3. ^ announced (kyivindependent.com)
  4. ^ supported (kyivindependent.com)
  5. ^ named (spanish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu)
  6. ^ Polish, Lithuanian presidents back Ukraine's NATO membership ahead of Vilnius summitUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met his Polish and Lithuanian counterparts, Andrzej Duda and Gitanas Nauseda, in Kyiv on June 28, to discuss military support and Ukraine's NATO aspirations. (kyivindependent.com)

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