The Committee of Permanent Representatives to the EU (Coreper) has approved on behalf of the EU Council the text of the agreement, as agreed with the European Parliament, the suspension mechanism for a visa-free regime, according to the EU Delegation to Ukraine.

"This agreement is a balanced one, and it is extremely important for the effectiveness and credibility to the liberalization policy of the EU's visa regime. The current suspension mechanism is not enough, and now it will be improved. At the same time, the fact that we have reached an agreement that should open the door for further progress in the liberalization of the visa regime, negotiations with other countries that meet all the requirements," the press service of the representative office quoted Minister of Interior of the Slovak Republic Robert Kalinak.