ArmInfo. The European Union may remove entry restrictions for Armenian citizens.
According to a diplomatic source on Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty in the European Council, the EU presidency proposed to include Armenia in the list of countries whose citizens can visit the Schengen zone for tourism purposes, as well as Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. It is expected that this issue will be discussed and put to a vote today at a meeting of EU ambassadors. However, the implementation of the recommendation is left to the discretion of the EU Member States. For example, last July, when the European Council included Georgia in the list of "safe" countries, a number of European countries decided to open the border for Georgian citizens, but the Czech Republic did not follow this instruction, given the epidemiological situation in their own country. Currently, 15 countries and regions are in the "green zone" of the EU, including the United States, Israel, South Korea and Singapore. The list is updated every two weeks.
According to diplomatic sources, the EU presidency now recommends adding 10 countries to the list, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Kosovo, where, according to European experts, the anti- epidemic situation has improved. If the proposal is approved by EU ambassadors and then approved in EU member states, Armenian citizens will only be required to submit a negative coronavirus test or confirm that they have been vaccinated with a vaccine registered in the EU.