We count on Italy regarding opening negotiations on membership in the European Union — Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
21 July 2023, 11:17
The Chair of the Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the EU Ivanna
Klympush-Tsintsadze, together with the First Deputy Speaker of the
Verkhovna Rada, Oleksandr Kornienko, and the Chair of the Committee on
Economic Development, Dmytro Natalukha, met with the Italian parliamentary
delegation. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze thanked her Italian colleagues from
the Commission for Foreign Affairs and Community Affairs of the Chamber of
Deputies of Italy for accepting the invitation of the Ukrainian
delegation. “I am glad that after my visit at the end of April, the
Italian delegation accepted our invitation and came not only to Kyiv, but
also to other cities. They visited Lviv and will go to Odesa. And, of
course, they will better understand what is happening in our country
during the genocidal war, waged by Russia,” said the Chair of the
Committee.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze stated that Russian attacks on grain
warehouses, Ukraine’s port facilities and on Ukrainian grain reminds the
situation in 1932-33, when Russia, at that time as the Soviet Union, tried
to destroy the Ukrainian people with the man-made famine (Holodomor). “Now
the Russian Federation wants to cause hunger in the world. It is important
that our Italian colleagues, additionally to interaction within the
framework of all parliamentary assemblies, continue to convey the truth
about this war to our colleagues in Africa, Asia and South America,” the
Chair of the Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the EU said.
According to her, Russia continues to invest huge resources in its
military machine. “That's why today we need not only continuation of the
support for Ukraine, but also increase of the support. We rely on Italy in
this context,” said Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze.
She expressed aspiration that Ukraine will cope with its homework
regarding the seven conditions that accompanied the granting of candidate
status for EU membership. Ukraine also hopes for Italy's support both
during the opening of negotiations on membership in the European Union
this year and in the context of reconstruction. “We know that many Italian
companies are interested in participating in it. We understand that
Ukraine's membership in the EU and NATO will also provide an additional
guarantee for safe investment in the future and reconstruction of Ukraine.
To this end, we also need the support of Italy,” concluded the Chair of
the Committee.