The EU is likely to take a big step toward visa-free travel with Russia at an upcoming summit. But Poland wants to make sure that other post-Soviet countries, especially Ukraine, are also included, according to EUObserver
ANDREW RETTMAN | Euobserver.com
EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday (10 May) raised the prospect of handing Russia a roadmap for visa-free travel at a regular summit to take place in Rostov-on-Don, near the Black Sea coast, on 31 May.
Ukrainian diplomats are bitter that the EU is happy to open borders with Russia but not with Ukraine, despite Ukraine’s democratic transformation.
A recent study by the Stefan Batory Foundation in Warsaw noted that Polish consulates have granted 73 percent fewer visas to Belarussians since Poland joined the EU’s passport free Schengen zone in 2007, tightening entry rules.
A survey by a consortium of Ukrainian think tanks found that many people face queues, days-long delays, mysterious extra fees and unexplained refusals when trying to visit the EU.
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