Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs: Simplification of visa regime  with EU is closely connected with readmission

ArmInfo. "Armenia is moving  towards the liberalization of the visa regime," Deputy Foreign  Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters on March 22 

after commenting on Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan's remark that 

today there are a number of countries with which visa facilitation 

does not contain threats, but the decision on them is late.

According to Kocharyan, simplification of visa procedures for Armenia 

is a continuous process. For today there is a list of countries for 

which the visa-free regime operates, for others a simplified visa 

regime operates, for the third - a visa or an invitation is required. 

"We have a tendency towards simplifying the visa regime - 

periodically the government's decisions update the list of countries 

for which Armenia facilitates the procedures," he said. As for 

simplifying the visa regime with the EU, according to the deputy 

minister, European partners are ready for liberalization. 

Nevertheless, as Kocharyan pointed out, to this day there is a 

certain, well-grounded concern related to the possible influx of new 

migrants into the EU. "Simplification of the visa regime is closely 

connected with readmission - the EU is interested in the fact that 

simplification did not lead to abuse," the Deputy Foreign Minister 

explained.