Ukraine and EU flags near the building of the European Parliament in Brussels. Archival photoSt. PETERSBURG, June 17Ukraine's accession to the EU is a matter of the distant future, no one promised them a quick membership, Russian Permanent Representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov told RIA Novosti. «Ukraine's accession to the EU is a matter of the distant future, no one promised Ukraine fast membership. They promised only the status of a candidate. And that is still the decision of the EC,» he told the agency on the sidelines of the SPIEF. He recalled that on June 23-24 there will be a summit of EU leaders, «and there the situation is not so clear yet».
