7th meeting of Armenia-EU Joint Visa Facilitation Committee held in  Yerevan

ArmInfo.The 7th meeting of the Armenia-EU Joint Visa Facilitation Committee  took place in  Yerevan. It was chaired by head of the European Department of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ara Margaryan and deputy head of the visa policy department of the European Commission Antoine Savary.

According to the press service of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  the meeting was also attended by representatives of the relevant  departments of the Republic of Armenia, as well as representatives of  the EU delegation to Armenia and the consular departments of the EU  member states.

At the meeting, the Armenian side presented problems related to the  implementation of the agreement "On facilitating the issuance of  visas between the Republic of Armenia and the EU," specifying in  detail those provisions requirements of which are not being met.  Complaints received from citizens of the Republic of Armenia were  examined in detail, positive indicators of cooperation on the issue  of readmission and the progress achieved by Armenia were presented.

In the context of the issues raised, the European side, in turn,  presented arguments that mainly related to the workload of embassies  and the activities of Armenian tourism organizations. At the same  time, the EU side expressed its readiness to seek joint solutions to  correct the situation under consideration.

Ara Margaryan also touched upon the need to start a dialogue on RA-EU  visa liberalization, noting that this issue is among the priorities  of the Armenian government.