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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Zalkaliani, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova Aureliu Ciocoi signed a memorandum on the establishment of the Associate Trio for the joint successful European integration of the three countries.

As an Ukrinform correspondent reports, the signing ceremony of the memorandum took place during a joint visit of the foreign ministers of Moldova and Georgia to Kyiv.

"We have done a very important thing today. We signed a document to establish the Associate Trio. This will be enhanced cooperation between our three countries on the issues of European integration. This is a new initiative, it is very timely, and this decision is very timely, which will help our countries to move forward more efficiently together on the path of European integration," Kuleba said after the signing ceremony.

As noted, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova have a special status of associate partners in relations with the EU and have made their choice in favor of future EU membership.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Zalkaliani said that based on the memorandum, the foreign ministries of the three countries would determine concrete steps and work together to strengthen political dialogue with the EU, as well as economic and sectoral integration with the European Union.