The European Union can switch to a visa-free regime with Georgia and Ukraine in 2016, If the European Commission will present a positive report on the issue by the end of 2015, said Prime Minister of Latvia Laimdota Straujuma at a press conference on the results of the summit " Eastern partnership ". "Georgia and Ukraine are actively working to meet the criteria and requirements. If by the end of the year the EC will provide a positive opinion, If a review at the end of the year will be positive, then Georgia and Ukraine in the coming year are able to obtain a visa-free regime, " - said Straujuma.