EU and Azerbaijan discuss visa facilitation
Baku/23.11.23/Turan: The 7th meeting of the EU-Azerbaijan Joint Committee on Visa Facilitation was held in Baku on Thursday. The head of the EU mission in Azerbaijan, Peter Mikhalko, wrote on his Twitter account.
Ten years have passed since the signing the Agreement on the Simplification of the Visa Regime, which made it possible for people to travel comfortably. The number of trips to Europe has already exceeded the pre-pandemic level, Mikhalko noted. -0-
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