The European Union agreed on Friday to start membership negotiations with embattled Ukraine and Moldova, another step in the nations’ long journey to move closer to the West and mute Russia’s influence.
Belgium, which currently holds the presidency of the EU, said member states have agreed that talks will start on Tuesday in Luxembourg.
Ukraine applied to join the bloc less than a week after Russia invaded in February 2022, and EU leaders acted with uncharacteristic speed in making it a candidate in June of that year. But the process has moved more slowly since them – and membership, if it comes, will take years, or even decades.
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