EU Ambassador: Visa liberalization  dialogue with Armenia is an  exceptional political move

ArmInfo.  The liberalization of the visa regime with the EU is realistic for Armenia, as stated by EU Ambassador Vassilis Maragos in an interview with CivilNet.

In this regard, the diplomat noted that since 2019, the EU has not  initiated a dialogue on visa liberalization with any partner other  than Armenia.

"The initiation of the visa liberalization dialogue with Armenia was  an exceptional political move taken last year. We launched it on  September 9, 2024. Over the past five years, under Ursula von der  Leyen, President of the European Commission, we have not actually  launched a visa liberalization dialogue with any other partner. So  this is an important event. And we did it because we believe in it,  because we consider it realistic," Maragos said. The EU Ambassador  considers the efforts made by Armenia to achieve visa liberalization  sufficient. "We conducted assessment missions when High  Representative Kaja Kallas visited us in June. She announced the  completion of the internal committee's work on preparing an action  plan for visa liberalization. This plan is currently under discussion  with member states, and once the discussions are completed, we hope  to present the action plan to the Armenian public and  Armenian  authorities," the diplomat added. Maragos noted that the  implementation of this action plan will determine when Armenian  citizens can travel to EU countries without a visa.