COVID-19 pandemic not a reason to postpone reforms in Ukraine – Zelensky

He said this at the 4th Ukraine Reform Conference in Vilnius on Wednesday, July 7, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"This event was supposed to take place last year, but was postponed due to a pandemic. At the same time, the coronavirus is not a reason for us to postpone or put off reforms and positive transformations in Ukraine," Zelensky said.

The president thanked Lithuania for hosting the conference this year and stressed that "in recent years, our Lithuanian friends and partners have been and remain at the forefront of supporting change."

As reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky is on an official visit to the Republic of Lithuania on July 6-7. On July 6, during trilateral talks with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and European Council President Charles Michel, he stressed that Ukraine's strategic course towards full membership in the European Union remained unchanged.

The Ukraine Reform Conference was launched in London in 2017 as a format for uniting the efforts of partners and friends of Ukraine. The participants in the forum discuss the situation in the country and assess democratic transformations and reforms that have been conducted since 2014. The conference was then convened in Copenhagen in 2018 and in Toronto in 2019.

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