If Ukraine fails with applying for EU membership in 2020, this won't happen even in 25 years – Klimkin

10:01, 27.07.2015 1 min read

Ukraine by 2020 must apply for membership in the European Union, otherwise it might not happen even in 25 years, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

"Klimkin: application to gain membership in the European Union in 2020 is not some kind of bravado. If we don't make this step in 5 years, we won't cope with this task even in 25 [years]. Then goes a long-lasting consideration," the European Pravda edition (the European Truth) quoted Klimkin on its Twitter blog.

Klimkin said this during a meeting with his Twitter subscribers at Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's building, the edition said.