EU issues mandate to ease visa rules with Azerbaijan
The European Union has issued a mandate to start negotiations on visa facilitation with Azerbaijan, according to an EU press release published on Tuesday.
"The Council adopted a decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations for readmission and visa facilitation agreements with Azerbaijan and Armenia," the press release says.
Once the Commission estimates that negotiations with the two countries will have been finalised, the Council will need to adopt decisions on signing and concluding the agreements by qualified majority and the European Parliament will need to give its consent.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry confirmed issuing of the mandate for negotiations.
Readmission is state’s consent to admit its citizens (and, in some cases, foreigners, who have been or previously resided in this state) that are subject to deportation from another country, to its territory again.
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