Poroshenko hopes EU member-states adopt positive decision on visa-free regime

Poroshenko hopes EU member-states adopt positive decision on visa-free regime

The President said this in the joint press statement with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, the press service of the Head of State reported. "I would like to thank President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker for the very firm position demonstrated after the Ukraine-EU Summit in Kyiv. We have an ambitious agenda and I am happy to inform that we implemented all the points we had agreed at that time. We in Ukraine look forward to receiving green light from the European Commission on legal formalization of introduction of visa-free regime for Ukrainian citizens in 2016," Petro Poroshenko said. The Head of State assured that Ukrainian authorities would continue implementing the wide scope of reforms in the field of anti-corruption, justice and home affairs to build upon the progress achieved in the framework of the Visa Liberalization Action Plan. "We know what needs to be done further and we will do it in close cooperation with the European Commission," Poroshenko noted.