Russia want EU visa-free regime before Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Ministry considers it incorrect if Ukraine agrees on visa-free regime with the European Union before Russia.

"It is politically incorrect, if the EU agrees on visa-free regime with Ukraine before Russia," Russian Ambassador-at-Large Anwar Azimov has told a press conference in Moscow.

 

In addition, Azimov said that visa cancellation can be reciprocal only.

According to him, Russia will have to draw conclusions, if the dialogue between Russia and the EU on the visa-free regime does not start by the end of 2013.

The ambassador said that all technical issues between Russia and the European Union have been solved.

Azimov said that the EU should take political decision in favor of visa-free regime.
"Our plans to have visa-free travel by 2014, when Sochi hosts the Olympic Games, are quite realistic. There are technical parameters for doing that," Azimov said.