Georgia’s EU Ambassador says visa-free travel with bloc “one of most significant achievements” on accession path
In his comments marking the seventh anniversary of visa-free travel, Makharoblishvili noted it was “an excellent opportunity” for enhancing people-to-people ties and bringing Georgia “even closer” to the EU. Photo via MFA of Georgia
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Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia's Ambassador to the European Union, on Thursday said the adoption of visa-free travel with the European Union, launched in 2017 on this day, was “one of the most significant achievements” on Georgia’s EU accession path.
In his comments marking the seventh anniversary of visa-free travel, Makharoblishvili noted it was “an excellent opportunity” for enhancing people-to-people ties and bringing Georgia “even closer” to the EU.
The European Commission allowed Georgians to travel visa-free to the Schengen area on March 28, 2017. Read the agenda.ge article “How I entered EU without visa” about the historic first visa-free journey from Georgia that traversed from Athens, Greece to Brussels, Belgium.