EU flag. File photoBERLIN, June 23 Assigning Ukraine the status of an EU candidate does not mean being drawn into a military conflict with Russia, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels. Heads of state and government of the European Union at the summit in Brussels On Thursday, they approved granting Ukraine and Moldova candidate status for EU membership. The summit also announced its readiness to grant Georgia the status of a candidate for joining the EU after it fulfills a number of conditions. «I believe that people need to ensure security in this matter,» Nehammer said. candidate status would mean «being drawn into the war», but «it does not mean that.» Nehammer also said that Ukraine and Moldova, according to the report of the European Commission, «are ripe for the status of a candidate for entry», but the assignment of this status «does not mean yet ( beginning) of accession negotiations, there is still a lot to be done along the way, a lot still needs to be done, but a start has been made». prisoner exchange with Ukraine, Nehammer said
