European Commission president to visit Ukraine

On September 14, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will arrive in Kyiv on a working visit, Report informs citing RBC-Ukraine.

“We will empower Ukraine to make the most of its potential. Building on the success of the solidarity lanes to ensuring seamless access to the single market. Bringing Ukraine into our free roaming area. I am going to Kyiv today to discuss all this with President Zelenskyy,” she tweeted.

At the session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, she noted that the simplification of Ukraine’s access to the single market and the abolition of roaming for Ukrainian telecom operators will occur in exchange for an increase in electricity imports from this country.

This is not the first visit of the head of the EC to Kyiv since the beginning of full-scale hostilities.