TIRANA, July 3 /ATA/- After a careful assessment of the content of the notification received from The Netherlands and based on available information and relevant data, EU Commission considers that in the current situation the circumstances to trigger the visa suspension mechanism are not met, the EU Ambassador Luigi Soreca reports.
According to Soreca, the EU Commission will of course continue to closely monitor the fulfilment of the visa lberalisation benchmarks for Albania as well as for other countries benefiting from visa free travel.It is now time for Albania to build upon this confirmation of its important achievement back in 2010 and to move forward with reinvigorated energy on its path to EU integration, in view of the crucial EU Council decision next October.”
The European Commission has rejected the official request by the Government of Netherlands to return the visa regime for Albanians.
European Union Delegation to Albania told the Albanian Telegraphic Agency, ATA that,”according to the EC in the current situation, the circumstances to trigger the visa suspension mechanism are not met”.
The European Commission statement as following;
“After a careful assessment of the content of the notification received from the Netherlands and based on the available information and the relevant data, the Commission considers that in the current situation the circumstances to trigger the visa suspension mechanism are not met.
The Commission will continue to closely monitor the fulfillment of the visa liberalization benchmarks for Albania as well as for other countries benefiting from visa free travel. “
On Friday, 31 May the Dutch government officially submitted the request to ban Albanians from moving without visas to the Netherlands to the European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos. //a.i/
