Visa-free EU travel “vital, tangible benefit” for Georgian citizens
Marking the date, Papuashvili tweeted the Georgian passport had a “strong value” of being on the 30th place in global ranking with visa-free, visa on arrival and visa to enter conditions. Photo: Parliament of Georgia.
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Visa-free travel with the European Union has been a “vital” and “tangible benefit” for Georgian citizens, Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said on Monday on the fifth anniversary of the country’s travel agreement with the EU and the Schengen Area countries.
Marking the date, Papuashvili tweeted the Georgian passport had a “strong value” of being on the 30th place in global ranking with visa-free, visa on arrival and visa to enter conditions.
Today we mark 5th anniver. of visa-free regime with EU/Schengen Zone - a vital tangible benefit for ????????'s citizens resulting from ever-increasing ????????-???????? partnership. ????????'s passport has a strong value, being on 30th place in global ranking with no visa/visa on arrival in 119 states. pic.twitter.com/I31ML60vrP
— Shalva Papuashvili ???????? (@shpapuashvili) March 28, 2022
Earlier today, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said Georgia’s Government had done “a lot of work” to achieve visa-free travel with the EU over the last five years.
The visa-free travel with the European Union is a “wonderful opportunity for enhancing people-to-people contacts”, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani tweeted on Monday on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the agreement with the EU.
Georgia’s Government did “a lot of work” to achieve visa-free travel with the European Union for its citizens, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said at Monday’s Government meeting on the fifth anniversary of the agreement.
Four years ago on this day the regulation lifting visa requirements for Georgians to travel to the European Union entered into effect.
The European Commission has published its fourth report on the monitoring of the EU visa free regime with eight countries, including Georgia, and stated that ‘overall Georgia continues to fulfil the visa liberalisation benchmarks and has taken action to address the European Commission’s recommendations.’
Georgia marked the fifth anniversary of its visa-free travel agreement with the European Union on Monday. Five years ago on this day, the regulation lifting visa requirements for Georgians to travel to the EU and Schengen Area states entered into effect.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili will visit Brussels on Tuesday for a series of meetings with European leaders, the Parliament of Georgia has said.
Questions related to visa-free travel of Georgian citizens to the European Union/Schengen Area were discussed on Monday in a meeting between the Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri and Nicole de Moor, the State Secretary for Asylum and Migration of Belgium.
Georgia continues to fulfil visa liberalisation benchmarks and has taken action to address the European Commission’s previous recommendations, the fifth report of the Commission on the fulfilment of visa-free obligations by Eastern Partnership countries and the Balkan states said on Monday.