Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev told Trend on Tuesday that the next meeting on a visa agreement between Azerbaijan and the European Union will be held in Baku on Nov. 6-7.
“This will be the third round of the negotiations,” he said. “The progress in the meetings stipulates a result in 2013.”
According to the media, official negotiations on the agreements on visa facilitation and readmission started between the EU and Azerbaijan in Baku in March. Agreement on the simplification of visa entry for citizens of Azerbaijan provides for a reduction of the list of documents submitted along with the application for a visa and the ability to issue multiple entry visas with a longer validity period. This would reduce the cost of visas for particular categories and establish time limits for processing an application.
The agreement on readmission will in turn develop a mechanism for repatriation of those residing in the EU and Azerbaijan without permission.
Relations between the EU and Azerbaijan are being carried out under the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement which was signed in 1996 and came into force in 1999.