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NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoan welcomed the Chairman of the Verkhova Rada of Ukraine, Dmytro Razumkov, to NATO Headquarters on Monday (22 March 2021). The Deputy Secretary General thanked Ukraine for its continued contributions to NATO missions, including in Kosovo and Afghanistan. He also welcomed that NATO and Ukraine have supported each other throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Deputy Secretary General and the Chairman discussed the security situation in Ukraine and the Black Sea region. Mr. Geoan expressed concern over the erosion of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, and reaffirmed NATOs full support for Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity. He also welcomed the high-level of dialogue and cooperation between NATO and Ukraine on security in the Black Sea region, which remains a priority for the Alliance.

The Deputy Secretary General praised Ukraines efforts to implement wide-ranging reforms, which support its Euro-Atlantic aspirations. He noted that the Verkhovna Rada plays a crucial role in driving these reforms, and encouraged the parliament to support democratic oversight mechanisms.

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Ukraine looks forward to building consensus among the Allies and receiving NATOs Membership Action Plan in the near future.

Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Dmytro Razumkov said this at a meeting with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoan at the Alliances Headquarters on March 22.

"The receipt of NATOs Membership Action Plan will be a logical step on this path. We look forward to a consensus among the Allies and the granting of MAP to Ukraine in the near future. For the Verkhovna Rada, strengthening cooperation with NATO is a priority. Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Kyiv was postponed. But we are grateful to our partners for agreeing to hold it in May 2022 at the suggestion of Ukraine," Razumkov said.

According to him, reforming Ukraine's military and security sectors in line with NATO standards is a priority for the government. Ukraine has already taken some decisions that bring it closer to Euro-Atlantic integration and continues to move in this direction.

"We appreciate the Alliance's strong position on the annexation of Crimea and aggression in the east of our country, as well as support by NATO member countries for reforms in Ukraine," Razumkov stressed.

As Ukrinform reported, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Dmytro Razumkov is on a working visit to Brussels (the Kingdom of Belgium) and Luxembourg (the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) on March 22-23.

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Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has stated that Ukraine aspires to become a member of the European Union in the next 5 to10 years.

"We aspire to become a EU member in the next 5 to10 years. Of course, this also depends on 27 other countries, not only us. The same concerns NATO. Ukraine aspires to join the North Atlantic Alliance. We are already working very closely with NATO. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's statements that NATO's door remains open for Ukraine strongly testify to this," Shmyhal said in an interview with the Handelsblatt German newspaper.

Shmyhal notes that he does not see any fundamental obstacles. There are two reasons why we are still not in the EU. We are still working to reach the European standards, but we are confident that we will make significant progress, not least through digitalisation. Second, there are countries in the EU that are skeptical about its further enlargement, the Prime Minister stressed.

He is convinced that Ukraine is ready to become a EU member and wants to do so as soon as possible.

As reported, the Ukrainian delegation led by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal made a working visit to Dusseldorf and Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany) on March 18-19, 2021.

During the visit, several working meetings with high-ranking German officials were held.

The Ukrainian delegation also took part in the 4th German-Ukrainian Business Forum.

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Ukraine and Russia both won gold on day four of the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, as the competition reaches its halfway stage.

Andrii Doroshenko led a Ukrainian one-two in the R1 men's 10-metre air rifle standing SH1, defeating compatriot Yurii Stoiev in the final round with a score of 246.6 to 245.0.

The bronze medal went to Greek shooter Sotirios Galogavros, who held off the United Arab Emirates' Obaid Aldahmani by 0.5 to take the final place on the podium.

In the other competition today, Russia's Roman Ponomarenko won the PT2 mixed trap standing (lower limb) SG-L with a total of 33.

Runner-up and winner of the silver medal was Kuwait's Bader Almunaifi with 22, while Ponomarenko's compatriot Aleksei Pasternak claimed bronze ahead of Kuwaiti Mohammad Almahmeed.

Ukraine still sit top of the medal table, now with three gold medals, three silver medals and a bronze.

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The actions of European governments on the path towards achieving climate neutrality, the introduction of the emissions trading system, etc. are both a challenge and an opportunity for Ukraine.

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, co-chair of the Ukrainian-German high-level group for economic cooperation Olha Stefanishyna said this in an interview with Ukrinform.

According to her, Ukraine already has an obligation under the Association Agreement to introduce emissions trading system. The course of actions of the European Commission indicates that the system of incentives for greening the economy will acquire the features of a new generation of legislation on emissions trading.

"It [legislation] will be tougher. In principle, it is a good chance for Ukraine to speed up our transformation," said the Vice Prime Minister.

According to her, the Ministry of Economic Development now drafts a policy to implement this system. If the state wants to increase trade with the EU, it will have to implement this system as soon as possible.

"We are focusing on 2024-2025 but probably [this will happen] even earlier, given the current trends in the legislative field," Stefanishyna said.

She also stated that the timeline of Ukraine's full integration into the EU energy system will take place when "the European Union wants it", while Ukraine is ready to start making efforts at any moment.

The official reminded that Ukraine had fully adapted its legislation to the conditions of the European market over the past seven years. At the end of 2020, Kyiv appealed to the European Commission with a request to start screening Ukrainian legislation and unify markets.

EUs Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is under development as part of the European Green Deal announced in December 2019 by the European Commission. Pursuant to it, the EU plans to become climate neutral by 2050. At the same time, a gap between the efforts of different countries may emerge, and cooperation with countries outside the EU may be affected.

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