H.E. Ms Larysa Gerasko:

Thank you so much. We are really grateful to the Government, the Parliament and the Oireachtas for their great support of Ukraine and our people. We are especially grateful for Ireland's support for Ukraine's EU candidacy and its work to convince the so-called sceptical countries, most of which have been named. In response to the question on what our position would be if candidacy status is not granted in June, it is hard to imagine this because Ukraine and the Ukrainian people deserve the right to be a part of the European family.