Switzerland determined at present to utterly droop the operation of an settlement with Russia to facilitate the granting of visas, reported France Press. On this method, Bern adopted the instance of the European Union on the visa difficulty.
At its assembly, the Swiss authorities “determined to utterly droop the visa facilitation settlement that Switzerland concluded with Russia” in 2009, the federal government stated in a press release.
“Nonetheless, this doesn’t imply {that a} ban on issuing visas to Russian residents is launched, however that the extraordinary process will likely be utilized once more,” the assertion specifies.
“Switzerland has an curiosity in becoming a member of the frequent and unified visa coverage on the European stage, because it in any other case dangers its representations overseas going through a higher variety of visa requests from Russian residents who need to circumvent the selections of the European union,” the Swiss authorities factors out.
Switzerland, which is historically impartial, modified its common course after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and joined the European Union’s financial sanctions towards Russia, notes France Presse.
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