On the eve of the European Union summit, which will decide the issue of granting Ukraine the status of a candidate member of the EU, the President of Ukraine held talks with the leader of the Republic of Moldova, another likely candidate for EU membership. He wrote about this on his Twitter.

Volodymyr Zelensky and Maya Sandu, for the first time since the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, held telephone conversations and agreed on close cooperation on the path of European integration of countries.

" We look forward to the decision of the EU on granting candidate status to our states. We agreed on mutual assistance on the way to the EU..

Discussed with? President @sandumaiamd tomorrow's #EUCO meeting. Providing compliance with the EU on the decision of civil status to our states. Level on mutual assistance on the path to the #EU.

– Vladimir Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) June 22, 2022.

Earlier, the President of Ukraine held talks with the Prime Minister of Sweden and thanked for supporting the decision to grant Ukraine the status of an EU candidate.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy also thanked Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban in a telephone conversation for the assistance already rendered and support for the European future of Ukraine. The President also invited him to Kyiv.