{"id":1407823,"date":"2026-07-15T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1407823"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:44:27","slug":"kos-comments-on-prospects-for-opening-the-next-clusters-for-ukraine-and-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/kos-comments-on-prospects-for-opening-the-next-clusters-for-ukraine-and-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"Kos Comments on Prospects for Opening the Next Clusters for Ukraine and Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos noted that Brussels considers Ukraine and Moldova ready to open all negotiation clusters, with the pace depending on the position of member states.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports, she said this in comments to media.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commissioner was asked about assessments of insufficiently fast implementation of the &#8220;Kachka-Kos plan&#8221; and what Ukraine needs to do to maintain a good pace on its path to the EU.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As you know, the European Commission believes everything is ready to open all clusters as quickly as possible. In fact, that&#8217;s why we launched the so-called &#8216;frontloading&#8217; process last year. So how quickly we can open the remaining four clusters depends on the presidency and the member states. But even if we have to wait a bit, the technical work continues,&#8221; Marta Kos noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She noted that Ukraine clearly knows the list of tasks it needs to complete, and will do so.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding the &#8220;Kachka-Kos plan,&#8221; the commissioner noted that many of its points are part of a separate reform agenda.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;So we have a clear timeline of what to do \u2014 not just this year, but going forward. We&#8217;re closely monitoring all the points included in the &#8216;Fundamentals.&#8217; And I hope that with the new Ukrainian government, we&#8217;ll get a new push for even greater results from Kyiv,&#8221; Marta Kos concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As is known, the EU opened the sixth negotiation cluster with Ukraine, Commissioner Marta Kos reported on July 14.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It covers issues of common security and defense, trade, humanitarian aid, and development cooperation.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m proud to say that in recent years we&#8217;ve achieved 99% alignment of Ukraine&#8217;s foreign policy with EU policy,&#8221; noted Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lithuania&#8217;s foreign minister said the opening of the remaining clusters is being postponed until autumn.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/echr-to-hold-hearing-in-september-on-disappearance-of-children-from-crimean-care-institutions-in-2014\/\">ECHR to Hold Hearing in September on Disappearance of Children from Crimean Care Institutions in 2014<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos noted that Brussels considers Ukraine and Moldova &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1389608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,49,51,36415,36422,55,50,36572],"tags":[76,78,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1407823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ukraine","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-5","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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