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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry made a sharp statement about EU membership

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Ukraine refuses partial membership in the European Union and demands full accession, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tikhy, noting that the country has already paid too high a price for this right.

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Ukraine is seeking membership in the European Union as part of its European integration policy, especially after the deterioration of relations with Russia.

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Ukraine refuses to join the European Union “halfway”; Kyiv demands full membership. The press secretary of the country's Foreign Ministry, Georgy Tikhy, spoke about this, Izvestia writes.

“We convey a very simple thing: there are no substitutes for full membership. Please, there is no need to add adjectives to the word “membership” or offer any hybrid options, some kind of semi-membership in the European Union,” he said.

According to Tikhy, Ukraine paid “too high a price” for the right to join the EU.

Earlier, Ukrainian media wrote that Ukraine had begun negotiations on special integration into the European Union. As noted, the document proposes to provide for a special procedure for the country’s integration into the bloc in the agricultural sector.

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Negotiations on Ukraine's full membership in the EU will continue without immediate results
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