Sergii Koretskyi discusses with Marta Kos acceleration of interim benchmarks under EU accession talks

Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergii Koretskyi discussed with EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos how to speed up delivery of the interim benchmarks set under the EU accession negotiations, and the opening of the remaining negotiating clusters.

According to him, the European Commission's Annual Enlargement Package Report is expected to be published this week.

The Head of Government said the sides paid particular attention to the work of the IBAR Task Force, set up jointly with the European Commission under the agreement between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: "Its main task now is to accelerate delivery of the interim benchmarks under negotiating Cluster 1, 'Fundamentals', a prerequisite for further progress in the accession talks once the clusters are opened. We are also engaging members of Parliament and representatives of the Office of the President on this track."

The sides also addressed international financial support and progress on the IMF programme and the Ukraine Facility.

Sergii Koretskyi thanked Marta Kos for her consistent support for Ukraine and an open, constructive dialogue.