Economic guarantees, including EU membership, are foundation of just peace for Ukraine, Zelenskyy said
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that economic guarantees should be enshrined in documents after the end of the war in order to ensure Ukraine’s access to EU funding and programs.
He said this during a meeting with the heads of territorial communities in the Chernihiv region, Censor.NET reports.
"Finance is part of the security guarantees. Financial support is important for us. The first is the European Union as an economic union, which we should join in the near future. We are counting on it. For us, this means economic guarantees and access to funding. Freedoms, rights, and values that we share with Europeans are also important — but it is equally important that we are on equal footing and have access to all relevant programs," Zelenskyy said.
The President added that membership in the European Union will open up significant economic prospects for Ukraine, particularly for the agricultural sector of the Chernihiv region, where there are great opportunities for exporting products. "It is very important to understand and know this, because this is the return of money to your region from exports (of agricultural products)," he said.
Zelenskyy emphasized that these economic guarantees, along with rights and freedoms, are part of a just peace that must be enshrined in international agreements. "So that no one can block this in the future, we want guarantees. And it is very important to fix them in the relevant documents at the end of the war," he added.
