Zelensky signs Ukraine security accord with EU

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00:00At the right hand of outgoing European Council President Charles Michel,

00:04President Volodymyr Zelensky sang the praises of the EU

00:08and its solidarity with Ukraine since the Russian invasion.

00:11Europe has proven that it can be efficient

00:15and I thank you for that, thank you for your support.

00:19I am grateful for this historic Belgium presidency of the EU

00:24and I wish the next one, the Hungarian presidency, to be effective.

00:29This after signing a security agreement with the EU,

00:33one intended to future-proof the bloc's support for Ukraine.

00:37For the first time, this agreement will enshrine the commitment

00:40of all 27 member states to provide Ukraine with extensive support,

00:45regardless of any internal institutional changes.

00:48Among those changes, perhaps, the imminent Hungarian presidency

00:52of the European Council, starting on the 1st of July.

00:56This as Hungary's Viktor Orban appears to be courting

00:59an ever-closer relationship with Russia.

01:01Also ahead of parliamentary elections,

01:04which could turn the tables for Europe's second economic power, France,

01:08and which could see the appointment of a far-right prime minister

01:11from the National Rally, a party with close ties to Moscow.

01:15Zelensky's trip to Brussels comes just days after formal negotiations began

01:19for Ukraine's EU membership.

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