Photo: https://www.facebook.comThe Verkhovna Rada is expecting the opening of the first cluster in Ukraine's negotiations on joining the European Union, Oleksandr Korniyenko, first deputy speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, has said. "Another important stage on the path to the EU has been completed - all screening sessions for the compliance of Ukrainian legislation with European legislation have been held. We expect that negotiations on the first cluster will be opened soon," Korniyenko wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. He emphasized that for the first time in recent waves of EU enlargement, the country's parliament is directly participating in the negotiation process. Almost 200 deputies were involved in the screenings - online and in person in Brussels," Korniyenko emphasized.