Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday held a meeting on the fulfillment of requirements for the introduction of the visa-free regime with the EU, the presidential press service has reported.
The participants of the meeting noted that the majority of technical requirements drawn up by European experts had been fulfilled completely or almost completely.
"The criterion yet to be fulfilled is the security of the system for primary identification of citizens, which provides for biometric passports and introduction of single identity card of a citizen," reads the report.
Poroshenko criticized the work of the State Migration Service regarding its fulfillment of tasks on the introduction of the visa-free regime.
"Please, make respective conclusions," Poroshenko said.
He ordered the acceleration of the fulfillment of the remarks of the European Commission and warned about the personal responsibility of the heads of state agencies and institutions for how well these instructions are implemented.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, Deputy Prime Minister – Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Minister Hennadiy Zubko, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, Head of the State Migration Service Serhiy Radutny, First Deputy Interior Minister Eka Zguladze, and Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Valeria Lutkovska.
