European commission stands for ease visa regime with Azerbaijan

European commission stands for ease visa regime with Azerbaijan
European Commission will start talks to ease visa regime with Azerbaijan next year, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström said at the European Parliament session in Strasbourg. Commissioner said only two member countries of the Eastern partnership program – Ukraine and Moldova have an agreement on ease of visa regime. Besides, process of ratification of agreement with Georgia is coming to an end. Recently, the European Commission has started talks with Belarus.
The ease of visa regime envisages cutting down visa fee from € 60 to 35, visa abolition for diplomatic passport holders.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a project which was initiated by the European Union. The Eastern Partnership was inaugurated in Prague on 7 May 2009. Eastern Partnership is an organization aiming to improve the political and economic trade-relations of the six post-soviet states of "strategic importance" – Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia and Armenia.
Eastern partnership envisages allocating € 600 million till 2013 to strengthen state institutions, control borders and help the small companies.

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