Grybauskaite expects progress on visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU
The European Commission By the end of this year, wants to reconsider the possibility of introducing a visa-free regime between Ukraine and EU, expected progress on the case, said the head of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite before the beginning of the second day of the summit "Eastern partnership" in Riga.
"By the end of the year the EC will review the situation for Ukraine and Georgia will be more good result, that's for sure," she said, answering the question about the possibility of visa-free regime with Ukraine. The Manager said that the Declaration, which is expected to take the results of the summit, until not ready.
first, the European Commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn told reporters in Riga that the European Union States may take the final decision on visas for Ukraine in the coming year if the European Commission before the end of this year will represent a positive report about the readiness of these countries To the visa-free regime with the EU.
The summit of "Eastern partnership" held in Riga on 21-22 may. First, the European Commission presented a report on the performance of Kiev and Tbilisi in order to liberalize the visa regime. Review Commission, Ukraine and Georgia have made significant progress Towards the abolition of visas, but they still are expected to do for visa liberalisation lot of work in different areas. The EC also stated that Ukraine and Georgia will not be offered a visa-free regime with the EU " Eastern partnership ".
The program "Eastern partnership" includes political Association and economic integration of the EU with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The last 3 countries last year signed the Association agreement with the EU partnership.