At their second meeting, held remotely on Tuesday, European Parliament and Verkhovna Rada parliamentary committee chairs, MEPs and Ukrainian parliamentarians discussed the ongoing cooperation between the two institutions to prepare Ukraine for future EU accession. Committee chairs from both parliaments reaffirmed their strong commitment to Ukraine’s resilience and democracy, and to a common European future. They also took stock of ongoing policy cooperation and pledged to step up their engagement going forward.

In a video address to those gathered, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said: “Ukraine’s rightful place is in the European family. Ukraine has proven with significant progress on reforms that they are ready for these accelerated accession talks to move further, and our Parliament’s response is equally clear: our Union must continue to move ahead with even more resolve and action.”

The speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, thanked the EU and…