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Å tefan FÃ¼le: The European Union does not see Azerbaijan as a source of illegal migration

29 February 2012 16:56 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Viktoria Dementyeva â€“ APA. â€œThe start of the negotiations on visa facilitation is a very important step in the relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union,â€ European Unionâ€™s Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Å tefan FÃ¼le said at the video-conference, APA reports.

â€œAs a result of the visa facilitation, the visa fee will be dropped from 60 euros to 30-35 euros, no fee will be charged from businessmen, students. Alongside with the agreement on visa facilitation, agreement on readmission will be signed with Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is an economically developed country and we do not see this country as a source of illegal migration. But there may be attempts to migrate from the third countries to Europe through Azerbaijan,â€ he said.

Answering journalistsâ€™ questions Å tefan FÃ¼le said the crisis will not influence the financing of the programs in the partner countries, including Azerbaijan.
â€œThe European Union is not going to reduce financing, on the contrary intends to increase the funds allocated for the Eastern Partnership countries by 130 million euros.â€