Estonia expresses its willingness to support Ukraine’s accession to the EU

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia Kaja Kallas signed a Joint Statement on Priorities for Bilateral Cooperation, which singled out Estonia's readiness to support Ukraine's future accession to the European Union.

The Office of the President informed about it, Rubryka reports.

During the meeting, Zelenskyi thanked the Estonian party for its continued support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, in particular in the context of Estonia's non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council in 2020-2021.

"I know that yesterday you were in Donbas, in particular at the Stanytsia Luhanska and Shchastya checkpoints. I thank you for this both from myself and from all citizens of Ukraine. It's important for me that leaders of other countries come and see the situation on Donbas, see our attitude to the citizens living in the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities," Zelenskyi said.

He also thanked Estonia for its constant assistance in the medical rehabilitation of Ukrainian servicemen and the allocation of financial assistance in the amount of 500 thousand euros for humanitarian purposes in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The President noted the readiness of the Estonian party to join the cooperation within the Crimean Platform Summit in Kyiv on August 23, 2021.

For her part, Callas thanked Zelenskyi for the warm welcome.

"Ukraine is always in the heart of the Estonian people. And we always try our best to support Ukraine on all possible platforms, the European Union, NATO, the UN," she said.

The parties paid special attention to Ukraine's priority steps towards deepening relations with the European Union.

Zelenskyi stressed Ukraine's strategic goal of full membership in the EU and thanked Estonia for its traditionally active support in achieving this ambitious task.