Press Release: Mobility Partnership signed between the EU and Azerbaijan

The EU and the Republic of Azerbaijan on 5 December 2013 officially launched a Mobility Partnership.

Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ambassador Fuad Isgandarov, Azerbaijan, and the Ministers responsible for migration from the eight EU Member States participating in this partnership (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, and Slovakia) signed a Joint Declaration establishing a framework for the future cooperation in the field of migration and mobility.

At the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius in November 2013, the EU and Azerbaijan signed a Visa Facilitation Agreement which makes it cheaper and faster for citizens of Azerbaijan to acquire short-stay visas allowing them to travel throughout the Schengen area

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ESO: Background information: Third Eastern Partnership summit, Vilnius 28-29 November 2013 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-third-eastern-partnership-summit-vilnius-28-29-november-2013-conclusions-joint-declaration-of-the-eastern-partnership-summit-vilnius-28-29-november-2013-eastern-partnership-the/

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release, IP/13/1184: Cecilia Malmström welcomes the signing of a Visa Facilitation Agreement with Azerbaijan http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1184_en.pdf

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