Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expects the European Union to make a positive decision on visa liberalization for Ukraine in early October this year.

"Ukraine has deserved it [visa liberalization], 144 criteria have been met. We have the report of the evaluation mission... I hope in the beginning of October the European Parliament will vote in favor of this, the European Commission decision will be adopted. This is the confirmation we have the common interest," he said at the 13th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy "The World, Europe and Ukraine: Storms of Change" in Kyiv on Friday morning.