Ukraine submits updated bid for OECD membership, Zelensky says

June 25 ------ President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine had submitted a revised application to join the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a club of mostly advanced economies, as Kyiv pursues closer integration with Western institutions.

Ukraine has been working with the OECD on reforms and governance standards for several years and is now seeking candidate-country status as a step towards full membership. Zelensky, ⁠after meeting with Mathias Cormann, OECD's Secretary-General, on his visit to Kyiv, said in a Telegram post that Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko has submitted the updated bid. "We hope to obtain candidate country status as early as this autumn. The next stage will be a roadmap toward OECD membership. We discussed this during our meeting," Zelensky wrote.

Ukraine, in a full-scale war with ⁠Russia after Moscow's invasion in 2022, is actively pushing for European integration which Kyiv says is the best security guarantee both for itself and for Europe.

Source: reuters.com