ArmInfo. Germany is ready to promote the idea of liberalizing the visa regime of Armenia with the EU, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated at a press conference in Yerevan on August 24. The Chancellor recalled that with Georgia and Ukraine, with which the association agreements have been signed, the visa regime has already been liberalized. As for the liberalization of the visa regime with Armenia, with which the EU signed a framework agreement, according to her words, Berlin will do everything possible to achive progress in this issue.
To note, on July 16, at a press briefing in Yerevan, Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tigran Balayan said that the issue of launching a dialogue on the liberalization of the visa regime with the EU was on the agenda of the meetings of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels.
"We do not hide the fact that we expect the provision of an appropriate mandate from the European Commission to start a dialogue on liberalization of the visa regime, which does not mean that tomorrow or the day after or next month or year we will have this regime. we need to start a dialogue in order to understand what we are talking about, we clearly know and understand the conditions, there are several criteria that we have already met for a long time and the sooner we start the dialogue, the sooner we will be able to finish and start the development of the corresponding agreement, "concluded Balayan.