Published December 12,2023
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Ukraine’s prime diplomat met his Azerbaijani, Hungarian and Armenian counterparts in Brussels, the place he attended a ministerial assembly of the EU Eastern Partnership and a session of EU Foreign Affairs Council.
“It was good to meet with my Azerbaijani colleague Jeyhun Bayramov to discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Peace Formula and our bilateral cooperation,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on X late Monday.
“I reiterated Ukraine’s support for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, as well as initiatives to develop regional cooperation in the space between the Caspian and Black Seas.”
In a separate assertion, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry mentioned the 2 ministers exchanged views on cooperation prospects between Azerbaijan and Ukraine in numerous fields, together with transport, vitality and humanitarian.
Bayramov knowledgeable Kuleba on the latest developments within the South Caucasus area and the method of Azerbaijani-Armenian normalization.
Kuleba later held talks together with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto, and knowledgeable him of the “recent changes to the Ukrainian legislation on national minorities,” apart from discussing the problem of opening Ukraine’s EU accession talks. It was the primary in-person assembly between the 2 because the begin of Russia’s struggle on Ukraine in February 2022.
“I emphasized that the political decision on this matter is well-reasoned and timely. Ukraine and Hungary share a common European future. We will continue our dialogue ahead of the European Council summit later this week,” Kuleba mentioned on X.
For his half, Szijjarto wrote on Facebook that he and Kuleba talked about Ukraine’s ambition for European integration, which he described as “not a tactical issue for us, but rather a decision that is historically significant for the future of the European Union as a whole.”
“The decision proposal is unprepared, and the European Commission practically has no idea what effect Ukraine’s EU membership would have on the entire community … The European Commission did not carry out the preparatory work that would guarantee that Ukraine would conduct accession negotiations in a mutually beneficial manner,” he added.
Kuleba lastly met his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan to advance bilateral dialogue, expressing that Ukraine “stands for peace in the South Caucasus, based on respect for the UN Charter and international law, as well as the development of regional trade and cultural projects spanning the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr