It's a great pleasure to be here.
Time is short.
At the outset, let me stress that we partner closely with the Commission. And I am happy to report that our partnership is working very well. But it did take both the Commission and ourselves some effort to get to this point. Indeed, our main concern is how accession will contribute to the achievement of the broader goal of sustainable growth and development. Here our perspective is different from that of the Commission, whose primary focus is on implementing accession conditions.