Vladimir Dobrovolsky. The European Union until cannot say whether Ukraine is ready to introduce visa-free regime, said the official representative of the EC Alexander Winterstein.

Ukraine and Georgia forward to the conclusion of transition to a visa-free regime with the EU at the conference of the Eastern partnership, which will be held in Riga on 21 and 22 may. First senior EU Commissioner said that the European Commission wants may 13 to submit a report on the progress made by 2 countries towards visa liberalisation. If EC makes recommendations to cancel the visa, the decision will be obliged to adopt the EU Council and the European Parliament.

"We don't want to speculate before the summit, which will discuss the progress made to this point," said Winterstein, answering the question whether Ukraine is ready from a technical point of view to obtain a visa-free regime.

He also did not explain the message about the fact that Ukraine is not settled 19 technical points that need to move to a visa-free regime." I have no specific comments on paragraphs 19 that you are stressed, " said EC Commissioner in response to a reporter's question.

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