Ukrainian foreign minister: all clusters of EU accession talks with Ukraine should be opened in June

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said after talks with his Hungarian counterpart Anita Orbán that he still believes accession negotiations should be opened by the end of the first half of 2026.

Source: Sybiha during an online conference on his return from the NATO foreign ministers' meeting

Details: Sybiha stressed that opening all negotiation clusters by the end of June was a realistic goal.

"We proceed from the assumption that the clusters should be opened in June. The main political obstacle from the Orbán government has been removed," he said in response to a question from European Pravda.

The minister separately specified that he was referring to the completion of the opening of all six clusters and recalled that Ukraine had fulfilled all EU conditions.

"We believe it is fair to receive an assessment from the EU, and that assessment is the opening of the clusters," he stressed.

Background: Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar explained Hungary's condition for opening the first negotiation cluster with Ukraine.

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