Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 15
By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend:
Visa regime between Azerbaijan and Switzerland is being simplified.
An issue of approval of the agreement on simplification of visa registration between the Azerbaijani government and Swiss Federal Council has been included in the agenda of the Azerbaijani parliament’s plenary session, to be held on Dec. 16.
Moreover, the session’s agenda also includes the issue on approval of agreement on readmission of persons residing without permission between the Azerbaijani government and Swiss Federal Council.
The two agreements were signed during the meeting of Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov with Head of Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Didier Burkhalter as part of the minister’s official visit to Switzerland on Oct. 10, 2016.
After the ratification of the agreements, a visa-free entry and exit for persons, who have diplomatic and service passports, will be ensured between the two countries and visa obtaining process will be facilitated for the persons from other categories.