EU senior members visit Ukraine to boost relations, pave way for the country to join the bloc
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A team of 15 policy commissioners led by EU President Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. They hope to boost relations with the country.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen led a team of 15 policy commissioners who were to spend the day discussing Ukraine’s financial, business and energy needs, and how to bring the former Soviet state’s legislation into line with EU standards.
The highly symbolic visit is the first EU political mission of its kind to a country at war. Von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, who chairs meetings of the bloc’s heads of state and government, will hold a summit in Kyiv on Friday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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