China News Service, April 9 (Xinhua) According to comprehensive foreign media reports, on the 8th local time, European Commission President von der Leyen promised during his visit to Ukraine that he would "speed up" Ukraine's process of joining the European Union.
Data map: European Commission President Von der Leyen.
Von der Leyen, who handed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a questionnaire on the status of EU candidates that will be the starting point for membership decisions, said: "Forming such an opinion will not require as usual A few years, I think it will take a few weeks."
Zelensky said the Ukrainian side will answer all questions in the questionnaire within a week.
The Ukrainian state news agency reported that Zelensky said on the same day that the EU delegation's trip showed the EU's "support and confidence" in Ukraine, and joining the EU is Ukraine's goal.
On the 8th local time, von der Leyen and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell arrived in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, by train. This is the first time a high-level EU delegation has visited Ukraine since Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine.