EU Commission: Georgia progressed on Visa LAP
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"Georgia has made very good progress during the first few months, the first report of EU Commissions on implementation of the first phase Visa Liberalisation Action Plan (VLAP) by Georgia reads released on Friday.
The report published with less than two weeks ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius Summit on 28-29 November, the Commission is issuing three progress reports on the implementation by Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia.
Regarding Georgia, the Commission considers that the legislative and policy framework on document security, including biometrics, and integrated border management are at an advanced state of fulfilment.
The report reads that Georgia is also progressing well in the implementation of the benchmarks relating to migration management, asylum, public order and security, and external relations and fundamental rights.
"I also wish to congratulate Ukraine and Georgia for their progress. Ukraine is very close to moving to the second, practical stage of the implementation of the Action Plan, and Georgia has made very good progress during these first few months of the implementation of its Action Plan", said, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstr.
The EU-Georgia Visa Liberalisation Dialogue was launched on 4 June 2012 and the VLAP was presented to the Georgian authorities on 25 February 2013.
According to the Commission, the EU will continue to assist Georgia in the implementation of the VLAP and, depending on the progress achieved, it will issue the next report in 2014.
Easing visa regulations for Georgians and European Union (EU) countries is on the agenda for a meeting between Georgian and EU officials in Brussels.
Georgia is moving one step closer to Europe as it looks to enter the second phase of the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan (VLAP).
Travelling to many European nations is set to get easier as Georgia looks to enter the second phase of the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan (VLAP).
A top Georgian leader assumes but cannot guarantee Georgians will enjoy visa-free travel to countries in the Schengen area by 2016.
Georgia is one step closer to gaining visa-free travel to the European Union (EU) after implementing 100 high level changes in the past year.
"Impressive” is how a European Commission official is describing Georgia’s judicial reforms and noted she was welcoming Georgia's implementation of phase two of the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan (VLAP).
Georgian citizens are one step closer to travelling visa free to European Union (EU) states as the country has successfully completed the first phase of the visa liberalisation process and moved onto the next step.
Georgia’s State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Alex Petriashvili believes the Georgian side expects it could be possible for Georgian citizens to travel to European Union (EU) member countries visa free after the Eastern Partnership Summit (EaP) in Riga next spring.
The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Ministers have reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to the shared objective of visa free travel for Georgian citizens and welcomed the country’s progress as it implements the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan (VLAP).