Europe laughs at Ukrainian passports

The Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin called the conditions for visa-free regime with the EU. And first you need to get rid of the old Ukrainian passport, which, according to his statement in Europe all laugh.

Despite the apparent lack of interest among European civil servants in granting Ukraine visa-free regime, Ukrainian politicians continue to persuade residents that the future of independent travel in the powers of the European Union is not far off. Once again to convince Ukrainians that the powers of the European Union they can get an internal passport in a year, decided by the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.

Obviously requires Brussels to Kiev for accurate and successful reforms that would have allowed to call Ukraine government European level. Only then the process of opening borders can be started. However taking into account the opinion of the head of the Ukrainian foreign Ministry is 1 of the main difficulties is "fun" passport.

"And of course, we need to get rid of the post-Soviet past. This post-Soviet passport, which we have, where some European politicians over us just laugh, because you can just stick a photo and become a different person". Directly from this, we have to get off" - quoted by TSN Paul klimkina.

"We must become a European state, even in the sense of these reforms. That is what we must do until the end (2015 - Approx. ed.)," the Minister added. He also believes that in 2016, the power can claim the abolition of visas.

Note that earlier European politicians and civil servants in plain text said that in the current environment, the introduction of a visa-free regime with Ukraine is unrealistic. For example, at the summit of "Eastern partnership" in Riga about any specific date for the abolition of visas out of the question. Were ignored and other fundamental to Ukraine's issues.

New passports, as told by the local press, will look like a plastic card. To give them will start from 1 January 2016. About whether these documents provided some protection, either as before will be "fun" for Europeans, just made in a different form, Ukrainian media did not specify.

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