Now is the time to acknowledge that the future of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia lies within the EU, European Council President Charles Michel, has tweeted.

He called on EU countries to grant Ukraine and Moldova candidate status.

“Now is the time to acknowledge that the future of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia lies within the EU. I will invite you to grant candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. In parallel, we will continue to provide Ukraine with strong humanitarian, military, economic and financial support”, Charles Michel tweeted.