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Tusk says EU, Ukraine want to see early free travel

27 August 2015 22:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. European Council President Donald Tusk here on Thursday said that the European Union (EU) and Ukraine wanted to see free travel between Ukraine and Europe sooner rather than later, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Tusk made the remarks at a press briefing with visiting Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko following their meeting.

"We discussed how Ukraine is implementing the association agreement, in particular those parts on visa liberalization," said Tusk, adding that he encouragedPoroshenko to move quickly on this issue.

According to the website of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU, Ukraine and the EU signed an agreement on facilitation of the issuance of visas in 2007 and the agreement entered into force in 2008.

In 2012, an enhanced agreement amending the visa facilitation agreement was signed. It envisaged broadening the categories of Ukrainian people who are entitled to receive multiple and free-of-charge Schengen visas until the moment when the short-term visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens to enter the EU are abolished. This enhanced agreement entered into force in 2013.