The long-awaited decision to grant Ukrainian visa-free travel to Schengen states might come in May 2015 at an EU Eastern Partnership Summit, according to Latvia’s foreign minister.
But Edgars Rinkevics also said that, before being granted such access, Ukraine and Georgia must undertake several reforms, including on judicial cooperation with the EU, Ukraine Today has reported.
With $2 million in EU aid, Ukraine will be ready from January, 1, 2015 to produce the biometric passports required for it to have a visa-free regime with the EU.
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