The participation of European Council President António Costa and Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities demonstrates how interconnected Ukraine’s domestic matters already are with our country’s relations with the European Union. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he opened the Congress session in Uzhhorod.

The participation of our European friends in this event, in the work of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Ukraine, clearly demonstrates how interconnected these matters are: our Ukraine’s domestic policy and our relations with the European Union.

In Uzhhorod, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, who visited our country for the second time since taking office.

In Uzhhorod, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with President of the European Council António Costa to align common positions and discuss the next steps.

I thank the European Union and European institutions for actively participating in the development of security guarantees. I want to emphasize: we are building a security system that will begin functioning during the war, remain in place after the war, and be fully deployed. Many details have already been worked out.

Building security infrastructure to push Russia toward peace, reducing Russia’s revenues from energy exports, and supporting European business can influence Europe’s collective security system. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in his address to the participants of the Ambrosetti International Economic Forum.

Even though Russia is trying to keep this war going, we’ve already started building a security system that can push Russia toward peace.