Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze meets with Frans Timmermans and Kati Piri
02 September 2025, 10:54
The Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the EU, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, met with Frans Timmermans, leader of the GroenLinks-PvdA parliamentary group in the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament, and Kati Piri, Member of the House of Representatives from the Labour Party (PvdA) and the GroenLinks-PvdA group’s spokesperson on foreign affairs and asylum.
During the meeting, the parties discussed support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, security guarantees, and Ukraine’s European integration path.
The Chair of the Committee thanked the Netherlands for its unwavering support of Ukraine and stressed the importance of maintaining pressure on Russia: “We are now at a critical, decisive moment. Around the world, there are many expectations about negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, but we in Ukraine know very well Russia’s tactics — to buy time in order to avoid increased Western pressure while continuing to attack Ukraine with even greater force.”
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze called on her Dutch colleagues to work with their constituents, fellow parliamentarians, and partners in other countries to jointly counter Russia and accelerate the introduction of the toughest possible sanctions.
She emphasized the importance of the European Union’s decision to grant Ukraine candidate status and insisted that it is now essential to remove external obstacles preventing the opening of the first negotiation cluster with the EU — “Fundamentals.” Opening this cluster, together with close monitoring of reforms by European partners, will ensure that Ukraine’s transformation remains consistent and irreversible, she underlined.
Regarding Euro-Atlantic integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze stressed that Ukraine’s NATO membership must not become a bargaining chip in any negotiations with Russia, as Russia has no right to decide Ukraine’s future. “The war did not start because of NATO enlargement. Ukraine was a non-aligned state when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014… NATO membership would be the most effective and economically advantageous security guarantee for Ukraine and its allies,” she said.
For his part, Frans Timmermans noted that tectonic shifts are taking place in global politics. Europe, he said, must realize that the level of U.S. support that lasted for over 80 years will no longer be the same. According to him, Europe needs to rethink both its relations with the United States and its role on the continent. Europeans, he added, must unite and do everything possible to show Putin that he cannot defeat Ukraine.
Speaking about security guarantees for Ukraine, Frans Timmermans stressed that without the military involvement of the United States, such guarantees would be ineffective.
During the meeting, the parties discussed support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, security guarantees, and Ukraine’s European integration path.
The Chair of the Committee thanked the Netherlands for its unwavering support of Ukraine and stressed the importance of maintaining pressure on Russia: “We are now at a critical, decisive moment. Around the world, there are many expectations about negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, but we in Ukraine know very well Russia’s tactics — to buy time in order to avoid increased Western pressure while continuing to attack Ukraine with even greater force.”
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze called on her Dutch colleagues to work with their constituents, fellow parliamentarians, and partners in other countries to jointly counter Russia and accelerate the introduction of the toughest possible sanctions.
She emphasized the importance of the European Union’s decision to grant Ukraine candidate status and insisted that it is now essential to remove external obstacles preventing the opening of the first negotiation cluster with the EU — “Fundamentals.” Opening this cluster, together with close monitoring of reforms by European partners, will ensure that Ukraine’s transformation remains consistent and irreversible, she underlined.
Regarding Euro-Atlantic integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze stressed that Ukraine’s NATO membership must not become a bargaining chip in any negotiations with Russia, as Russia has no right to decide Ukraine’s future. “The war did not start because of NATO enlargement. Ukraine was a non-aligned state when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014… NATO membership would be the most effective and economically advantageous security guarantee for Ukraine and its allies,” she said.
For his part, Frans Timmermans noted that tectonic shifts are taking place in global politics. Europe, he said, must realize that the level of U.S. support that lasted for over 80 years will no longer be the same. According to him, Europe needs to rethink both its relations with the United States and its role on the continent. Europeans, he added, must unite and do everything possible to show Putin that he cannot defeat Ukraine.
Speaking about security guarantees for Ukraine, Frans Timmermans stressed that without the military involvement of the United States, such guarantees would be ineffective.