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I am grateful to you that during these very difficult years for all of us, for Europe, we have maintained unity and ensured that Europe is stronger. The world has seen Europe’s effectiveness – has seen our ability to find the right decision at the right time.

During the meetings, the leaders emphasized the importance of the EU's decision to open negotiations with Ukraine on its accession to the European Union.

The Head of State thanked Charles Michel and all the EU member states for the actual start of Ukraine's EU accession negotiations and emphasized that Ukrainians had been waiting for it for a long time.

Lithuania will provide Ukraine with security assistance and modern military equipment across the land, air, sea, space, and cyber-electromagnetic domains. Lithuania will also potentially reopen a military training mission on the territory of Ukraine.

The Estonian government will allocate at least 0.25% of GDP annually in 2024-2027 for military support to our country. Estonia was the first country to propose fixing a percentage of GDP to support Ukraine in bilateral security agreements.

In Brussels, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen signed the Joint Security Commitments between Ukraine and the EU.

During his working visit to Luxembourg, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva took part in the first EU-Ukraine intergovernmental conference.