Armenia-EU formed agenda demands to start visa liberalization dialogue – deputy FM

 18:52, 25 October, 2019

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Avet Adonts says the agenda formed between Armenia and the European Union demands at least to start the visa liberalization dialogue.

“This is today’s demand because the formed agenda, its content and the implementation of its agenda require that”, the deputy FM said during an international conference titled “Effective promotion of visa liberalization in Georgia, Moldova and Armenia through exchange of experience” in Yerevan.

The deputy FM said the talks on visa liberalization will start when there is a consensus between all member states over the launch of the dialogue. The deputy minister said there is no consensus yet, despite the fact that the EU’s institutions have positive moods and repeatedly announced that.

“The inter-agency group formed in Armenia, which involves representatives of the Police, the Foreign Ministry and the Migration Service, already visited more than 10 EU member states, and currently technical issues are being discussed. But now I can state that this issue has started to bear a political character”, he said, adding that the visits and the working consultations continue.

The deputy FM expressed hope that the visa liberalization dialogue will launch by the end of the year.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan