# EU frontrunner Montenegro ready to help Ukraine with reforms

https://mins.news/en/item/51527

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-09 14:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/eu-frontrunner-montenegro-ready-to-help-ukraine-with-its-homework/

> Montenegro is prepared to share its EU accession and rule-of-law experience with Ukraine, European Affairs Minister Maida Gorcevic said. Montenegro is preparing a draft accession treaty and aims to close all remaining negotiating chapters by the end of 2026, while Ukraine’s parliament continues to block many reforms needed for its membership bid.