UPDATE 1-EU wants to move fast on Moldova accession talks, Kallas says

European Union ​foreign policy chief Kaja ‌Kallas ​said on Friday there was no exact date yet for opening ‌formal talks on Moldova's accession to the bloc, although the EU wanted to move fast on the matter. "We ‌haven't set that date, but it's clear that ‌we need to move fast," Kallas told a joint press conference with Moldova's President Maia Sandu, adding that the change of ⁠government ​in different countries ⁠opened a window of opportunity.

European Union ​foreign policy chief Kaja ‌Kallas ​said on Friday there was no exact date yet for opening ‌formal talks on Moldova's accession to the bloc, although the EU wanted to move fast on the matter.

"We ‌haven't set that date, but it's clear that ‌we need to move fast," Kallas told a joint press conference with Moldova's President Maia Sandu, adding that the change of ⁠government ​in different countries ⁠opened a window of opportunity. "So that's why I also think ⁠that we should move while nobody is against Moldova, because ​you never know when there comes a government that ⁠might have, you know, a bilateral issue."

Kallas said Moldova ⁠had ​made progress in pushing through reforms, adding that the breakaway region of Transdniestria "will not become an ⁠obstacle" in Moldova's path to joining the bloc. Sandu reiterated that ⁠Moldova ⁠was committed to sign the accession treaty by 2028.