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Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia pursue closer EU ties
Summary
A joint statement and a Washington visit shaped the regional picture in the days before 25 July 2021.
What was shaping politics in Ukraine and its neighbourhood as of 25 July 2021? Two reports from the preceding days offered an answer.
On 19 July 2021, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili announced in a joint statement that their countries intended to pursue closer relations with the European Union. The move was effectively a rebuke to Russia.
On 20 July 2021, during a visit to Washington, D.C., Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya asked the Biden administration to impose sanctions on companies in Belarus. Her aim was to put pressure on the government of President Alexander Lukashenko.
Together, the two developments showed leaders in the region pressing Western partners and institutions for closer engagement, one through a three-country declaration on EU ties and the other through a call for sanctions.
