European Union visa-free travel for Ukraine has not
been incorporated into the agenda of the European Parliament's session in
Strasbourg on October 24-27.
Neither visa liberalization for Ukraine or Georgia nor visa waiver suspension mechanism has been incorporated on the EP agenda, which was posted on its official website. The mechanism is said to be a major obstacle to EU visa liberalization with Ukraine and Georgia.
Neither visa liberalization for Ukraine or Georgia nor visa waiver suspension mechanism has been incorporated on the EP agenda, which was posted on its official website. The mechanism is said to be a major obstacle to EU visa liberalization with Ukraine and Georgia.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the European Commission on
April 20 proposed the European Parliament and the Council of Europe to abolish
visas for Ukrainian citizens. This proposal was the result of a positive
assessment by the European Commission given last December confirming the fact
that Ukraine had successfully fulfilled all criteria under the Visa
Liberalization Action Plan. On May 20, the EU ministers of interior affairs
agreed their position regarding the so-called visa waiver suspension mechanism
for third countries.
Germany's Federal Minister of the Interior Thomas de
Maiziere announced then that "no new decision on visa liberalization"
would be taken before the approval of the mechanism. The European Parliament's
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on September 26
approved a report on visa-free travel for Ukraine and provided a mandate for
the launch of talks between the EU's institutions.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister
Pavlo Klimkin has recently said that he expects that the European Union will
pass a positive decision regarding the introduction of a visa-free regime with
Ukraine in October-November.
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