Today, the Council of Ministers of the EU is expected to approve the liberalization of visas for Kosovo

2023-03-09 08:06:57Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Today, the Council of Ministers of the EU is expected to approve the

The Council of Ministers of the European Union will meet today, while the approval of visa liberalization for Kosovo is also on the agenda.

Demush Shasha, director of the Kosovo Institute for European Policies (EPIK) in a post on Facebook has announced that this means that the consensus within all member countries has been reached at the political level as well.

"Excellent news that the Council of Ministers of the EU will approve the liberalization of visas for Kosovo, under 'point A', which means that the consensus within all member countries has been reached at the political level," Shasha wrote on Facebook.

On January 12 of this year, the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Internal Affairs, also known as LIBE for short, of the European Parliament, in the point about Kosovo that is related to the process of visa liberalization, had voted overwhelmingly in favor of visa liberalization.

Meanwhile, on December 14 of last year, the Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) approved the text of the compromise for the liberalization of visas for the citizens of Kosovo.

The negotiating teams of the European Parliament and the Presidency of the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the draft regulation for visa-free travel for holders of passports issued by Kosovo.

The EU institutions agreed that the visa-free requirement for Kosovars will apply from the date of the start of operation of the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) and in any case, no later than January 1, 2024.

According to the rules, Kosovo passport holders who travel to the EU without a visa will be able to stay for 90 days in any 180-day period.


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