Kovoso PM 'expects lifting of EU visas by yearend' No other citizens of Western Balkans still need them

(ANSAmed) - BELGRADE, JULY 18 - Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj said Wednesday that he expects the EU to lift visa requirements for the country's citizens by the end of the year. Haradinaj, who is in Brussels for another session of dialogue with Belgrade, was quoted by Serbian media as saying that the issue would be discussed during the day by the European Commission. Debate in the European Parliament will follow on August 30 as well as in the EU's interior ministers council. Citizens of Kosovo are the only ones in the Western Balkans that still need a visa to travel in the EU. Serbian media say that at least four countries - including France and the Netherlands - are against lifting visas for Kosovars. The last two conditions placed by the EU for lifting visas for the country were the ratification of an agreement with Montenegro on the border between the two countries, which has occurred in recent weeks, and more effective efforts against corruption and crime. (ANSAmed) .



