Baku, Azerbaijan, July 1
Trend:
The European Union (EU) can abolish visas for Georgia by late September, said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is in Tbilisi on an official visit, Sputnik reported July 1.
Steinmeier has arrived in Georgia to take part in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s (PA) summer session, which will last until July 5. Germany’s delegation has held a meeting with Georgian colleagues headed by the country’s Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze.
Germany and the EU maximally do everything to make real the liberalization of visas for Georgia, said the German minister.
Consultations and committee hearings are being conducted, he noted adding that supposedly, this process will be fully completed until late July and the final result will be achieved during September.
In December 2015, the European Commission issued a report, which says that Georgia has fulfilled all conditions for visa liberalization with the EU.
If the European Parliament approves the draft bill, Georgian citizens will be able to stay in Schengen countries for 90 days.