Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that the meeting will discuss the progress of Kiev in the execution of the action plan on visa liberalization, scheduled for November 24. "We have planned for November 24 meeting of senior officials on a visa-free dialogue where We discuss our progress for the preparation of the report, which must be made public fifteen December ", -said Klimkin, expressing hope that the report of the European Commission will be positive and will allow Kyiv to begin the process of real preparation for a visa-free regime. "To get a positive result, we need consistent work, consistency and coordination of activity of all power branches ", -said the head of the Ministry, RIA " Novosti ". The foreign Minister added that the EU expert mission has positively assessed the progress of Ukraine in the fields of document security, border management, migration, fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and protection of personal data. As of 12 November, of the 54 recommendations of the European Commission 18 fully done, in progress remain 36, said Klimkin. He Also expressed gratitude to Parliament for the adoption of the main laws, which play a key role in the implementation of the recommendations of the European Commission. On Thursday the Verkhovna Rada after long consideration, we took the necessary key package of draft laws on visa-free regime. Some of the laws that were enforced by the EU, adopted in the softened version, but the deputies promised to amend, if the EU deems it necessary. Report of the European Commission on the progress of Kiev in the execution of the action plan on visa liberalization it is assumed fifteen December. In early summer, Poroshenko criticized the work of the State migration service, threatening the dismissal of officials that are preventing the achievement of visa-free regime between Ukraine and the European Union. Also Poroshenko said that the Ukrainian staff of the foreign Ministry is obliged to seek a visa-free regime with the European Union in 2016.
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