17:06 27.04.2015

Poroshenko calls for introduction of visa-free regime with EU despite Russia's actions

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Poroshenko calls for introduction of visa-free regime with EU despite Russia's actions

Russia's actions in eastern Ukraine should not become an obstacle for the introduction of a visa-free regime between Ukraine and the European Union, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.

"I am confident that Moscow's actions on the eastern border considerably complicate this process for us [the introduction of a visa-free regime]. However, I agree with President Tusk that this problem should not be an obstacle for a visa-free regime," he said opening a plenary session of the Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv on Monday.

Poroshenko said a decision to grant citizens of Ukraine the right to visit EU countries without visas should become an important step in support of Ukraine's choice in the nearest future.

"I am convinced that Ukrainians as a European nation have a right to one of the key freedoms on which European integration is based: freedom of travel and human relations," Poroshenko said.

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