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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to participate in "a future summit" of the "27", announced today a representative of the president of the European Council Charles Michel, without further details, while sources speak of his possible arrival in Brussels on Thursday.
Charles Michel "invited (Volodimir ) Zelensky to attend a future (EU) summit in person. “For security reasons, no information will be disclosed,” Barent Leitch, a spokesman for the European leader, wrote on Twitter.
However, European sources told AFP about a possible visit by Zelensky to Brussels on Thursday, on the occasion of the meeting of the heads of state and government of the 27 EU member countries.
If confirmed, it will be the first visit of the Ukrainian president to Brussels since the start of the Russian invasion of his country on February 24, 2022.
Zelensky may speak in person before MEPs: a source in the European Parliament spoke of "the possibility of holding extraordinary plenary session on Thursday, February 9 in the presence of Volodymyr Zelensky”.
Two other parliamentary sources confirmed this information, asking not to be named.
The Ukrainian leader has a "permanent invitation" for Brussels, Charles Michel's representative was content to say earlier today.
The Ukrainian presidency did not confirm this trip to Brussels either, which raises security issues.
Zelensky went to Washington on December 22 for his first trip abroad since the start of the war. There he met with US President Joe Biden and spoke before Congress.
An emergency summit of European leaders is scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Brussels to discuss, mainly, the development of the war in Ukraine. and the EU's solidarity with Kyiv.
Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other high-ranking European officials met Friday in Kyiv with Zelensky to show their support for the process Ukraine's EU membership.
The country is officially a candidate for membership from June 2022, a painstaking process that requires many reforms that could take years, but which Kyiv hopes to speed up.< /p>
Ukraine also receives financial support from the EU, which has already pledged €50 billion, including humanitarian and military aid.
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