Bulgaria with Visa-Free Regime for Neighbouring Countries?
Updated on: 08.09.2007, 11:41
Published on: 08.09.2007, 11:28
Bulgaria has the ambitions to apply first the possibility for visa-free regime with the neighbouring countries, said in Vidin the Minister of foreign affairs Ivaylo Kalfin.
A draft agreement with our neighbours has been prepared, it has been coordinated with the respective ministries. The procedure requires confirmation from the representatives of the European Commission. At the moment our proposal is being analyzed in the EC, said Kalfin.
The proposal is the visa-free regime to be for a 30-km zone and where there are specifics of the administrative division, it to be extended to 50 km. Bulgaria not only is not interested but has never wanted to have visa with its neighbours and therefore we make everything possible to relieve this regime which later to be completely removed, said also Kalfin.
We work very actively especially with the governments of Serbia and Macedonia, including for the preparation of the so called “white Schengen list”, which means removal of visa even before EU membership.