At the Eastern Partnership summit, held on May 21–22, in Riga, Latvia, the European Union delayed granting Georgia (along with it Ukraine) visa free travel rules for its citizens. Although Georgians were highly hopeful that their country would be granted a visa waiver for travel to the EU’s Schengen area, it was plainly clear even before the summit that their hopes would be dashed. On May 21, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, while addressing the Bundestag (lower house of the German parliament), stated that Georgia and Ukraine had “not yet [done] enough” regarding their obligations under the Visa Liberalization Action Plan …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation