Kiev will take additional measures to achieve agreement on visa-free regime with the European Union, the question about this was discussed on the first day of the week at the meeting of the Council of national security and defence (NSDC) of Ukraine.
As stated by the press service of the security Council, provides a set of measures of regulatory nature, "taking into account the importance and significance of the abolition of visas of member States of the EU, other countries of the Schengen area," reports the news Agency.
for example, according to the NSDC, the expected implementation of the action Plan in the fields of combating organized crime, with crime and illegal activities of officials, as well as measures to combat resolution (laundering) of the parish of funds obtained by criminal means, the implementation of the integrated system of border management and migration, strengthening of protection of personal data and the security documents. As stated by the press service, it is planned to develop a system of identifying persons and integrated database system to accelerate the introduction of visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU. As reported by the print edition OPINION, June 22 Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed the Ministry of justice of the country to finish all the necessary preparations for the introduction of a visa-free regime with the EU countries. In early summer, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has criticized the work of the State migration service, threatening the dismissal of the officials that impede the achievement of visa-free regime between Ukraine and the European Union. Also Poroshenko said that the Ukrainian staff of the foreign Ministry are required to achieve the introduction of a visa-free regime with the European Union in 2016. Prior to this, the source said that the European Union will be able to note the visa regime with Ukraine only after graduation or complete freeze on its territory of armed conflict. Constant authorized of Russia to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said that in the next few years the EU will not agree to cancel the visa regime with Ukraine, since it requires the approval of the individual countries of the Union, and they will not give. Remember, the agreement on Association, including the development of a free trade area, Ukraine signed at the end of June 2014. At the end of September, Poroshenko showed the program of reforms " Strategy 2020 ", which, according to his vision, are obliged to prepare Ukraine for applying for membership in the European Union in 6 years.

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