“The Baltic States, Northern Europe and Poland intend to prohibit entry to the Schengen zone to Russian citizens involved in aggression against Ukraine, the Ministers of Internal Affairs of these countries said on the results of a meeting in Tallinn on June 19.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to ERR
Direct Language of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Estonia Igor Taro: “There are hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens who fought against an independent European state, and we must take a very clear position that these people cannot travel freely to the Schengen area – we will not give them a residence permit, we will not give them a visa because the whole group that has killed and destroyed there.”
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Details: Ministers emphasize that a ban on entering the Schengen area for persons involved in aggression should remain valid even after the end of active fighting.
The publication notes that the commissioner of the European Commission on Internal Affairs and Migration and Migration Magnus Brunner and a representative of the Frontex border organization also visited the meeting.
Prehistory:
- As it was reported, the Polish Foreign Minister Radoslav Sikorsky is convinced that the EU should impose restrictions on Russian diplomats following the example of the Czech Republic and Poland.
- Last year, Hungary published details of a new accelerated visa system for eight countries, including Russia and Belarus, which will be able to enter Hungary without security checks or other restrictions.
- Budapest stated that many of them will build a nuclear power plant using Russian technologies.
- The decision of Hungary has caused resonance and criticism from many EU countries, at the same time the Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto assured that it was not a risk to the Schengen area.