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EU and Armenia sign agreement on visa facilitation

17 December 2012 13:56 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementeva – APA. The EU and Armenia signed on 17 December 2012 a visa facilitation agreement at a ceremony that took place in Brussels. APA reports quoting the EU press service that on behalf of the EU, the agreement was signed by Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus in his capacity as President of the Council of the European Union, and by Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner with responsibility for Home Affairs. For Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed the agreement.

The agreement will now be sent to the European Parliament and enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the two parties notify each other that the internal procedures have been completed.

The agreement makes it easier and cheaper for citizens of Armenia, in particular those who travel most, to acquire short-stay visas allowing them to travel to and freely throughout the EU.

The EU has signed agreements on visa facilitation with 10 countries, including Ukraine and Georgia up to now. Azerbaijan is continuing talks in this direction.