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Minister: Three EU states oppose giving Ukraine EU candidate status.

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According to Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's deputy prime minister for European integration, seven countries have suggested alternative options for Ukraine other than EU candidacy. She said that these countries are not in Eastern Europe or the Baltics. But the main opposition to Ukraine's EU candidate status comes from three countries, she added without naming them.

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