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Belarus MFA hopes to receive EU notification on visa agreement in May

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MINSK, 28 May (BelTA) – Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko held a telephone conversation with Enrique Mora, Deputy Secretary General, Political Director of the European External Action Service, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The parties discussed the prospects for holding joint events both Belarus-EU ones and within the framework of the Eastern Partnership initiative. “Oleg Kravchenko welcomed the approval of the agreements on visa facilitation and readmission between Belarus and the European Union by the EU Council. He also expressed hope that Belarus would receive the corresponding notification from the EU before the end of May 2020, which would make it possible for the two agreements to take effect on 1 July 2020,” the ministry said.

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