"We have finally become" our own "for the EU: the border of Europe is now the border of Ukraine and the Russian Federation - Klimkin (video)
So now the EU is well aware that the borders of Europe end with the borders of Ukraine with Russia and are considered "our own", that is, Europeans. Former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin told this in an interview with focus. According to him, the decision to open negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, if they did not start there, testifies to the next step of the level of "their own-family".
After all, when a decision was made to enroll in Ukraine, it was still an important but only political declaration. "For us to become Europe, that is, to join the EU is a synonym for the future," Pavel Klimkin emphasizes. "And now the beginning of negotiations means that the boundaries of Europe and the EU coordinate system have changed to the borders of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Now our eastern border is the border Europe.
" After the collapse of the USSR in the 90s, someone was taken to the EU at once or quickly, and others spoke "the importance and part of European security", but did not promise anything specific, Klimkin notes. There was no sense of "your own". But it was from 2014 that the process of understanding began in the EU that Ukrainians have "their own" and this process has dramatically accelerated after the full -scale invasion of Russian invaders, the diplomat says.
"The decision to join the EU covers not only a joint study of 29,000 by -laws, because it is a necessary but only bureaucratic component," says the former Foreign Minister. And if they are "their own", then the attitude is completely different. " According to Pavel Klimkin, the EU countries will not have a fundamental problem regarding the further support of Ukraine in the confrontation of Russian aggression.