There will be “negative consequences” for the European candidate status in Ukraine and Moldova. This is what the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zacharova said. “With the decision to grant Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidate countries, the European Union has confirmed that it will wanting to act on a geopolitical level, to ‘contain’ Russiausing the Commonwealth of Independent States, “he said.” Europeans do not think about the negative consequences of this step, “Zakharova said in a statement cited by the Guardian.
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is an intergovernmental regional organization formed after the dissolution of the USSR to unite the states that had been part of it. The three Baltic countries never entered it, while Georgia and Ukraine left.
During the day, the Ukraine-EU issue was addressed in different tones by the Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov. “Our position has always started from the fact that the European Union is not a political-military bloc, therefore, unlike the Atlantic Alliance, the development of its relations with all the countries that wish to join it does not create threats and risks for us” Lavrov said at a press conference in Baku.
The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen congratulated yesterday, speaking of the three countries, including Georgia which is recognized as having an “EU perspective”, which “are part of the European family. And the historic decision taken today by the leaders confirms it “.
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