Klimkin expects visa-free regime between Ukraine and EU before year end

16:01, 17.06.2016 1 min read

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin is convinced that a visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU "will become a reality" this year.

During the roundtable talk in Kyiv on Friday Klimkin said that at the present time both the European Parliament and the EU authorities discuss the time frame and the way the visa-free regime will be adopted.

"First, the report on Ukraine will be prepared, and we are working to accelerate the preparation of this report. At the same time the European countries are working on a mechanism for "extra confidence" to this regime in the event of migration risks. I hope that corresponding decisions will be taken in the nearest future, and this year the visa-free regime will become a reality," Klimkin said.

Klimkin noted that the EU considers every country that has fulfilled the criteria "should not be seen as part of policy packages but within the frames of what has been done."

"The European Commission has confirmed the implementation of all the criteria by Ukraine," the foreign minister said.