KYIV, Ukraine - I-European Union ingase yethule umbuso wamahhala we-visa ne-Ukraine ngaphambi kokusayina Isivumelwano Senhlangano. Isitatimende esinjalo senziwe uNobhala Wombuso eMnyangweni Wezangaphandle WasePoland, uKatarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, kubika i-Polskie Radio.
Isikhulu sasePoland siphinde sagcizelela ukuthi iPoland iyakweseka ukusayinwa kweSivumelwano Senhlangano phakathi kwe-EU ne-Ukraine, kanye nokwakhiwa kwendawo yokuhweba mahhala ngaphandle kokuqinisekiswa okukhethekile kwesinyathelo ngesinyathelo kwedokhumenti.
"Udaba lokuqedwa kwama-visa ezakhamizi zase-Ukraine aluhlangene nokugunyazwa kweSivumelwano Senhlangano, futhi lungaxazululwa kusenesikhathi," kusho uKatarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, ngokusho kukaKorrespondent.
I-Visa liberalization, Isivumelwano Sokuhweba Ngokukhululekile kanye Nesivumelwano Senhlangano yizinsika ezintathu ezibalulekile zokuhlanganiswa kwe-EU - Ukraine.
NgoJulayi 2012, i-EU kanye ne-Ukraine banweba uhlu lwezigaba zezakhamizi zase-Ukraine ezingase zenze inqubo eyenziwe lula ukuze zithole ama-visa e-EU. Njengamanje, i-Ukraine isesigabeni sokuqala se-Visa Liberalization Action Plan enezigaba ezimbili, ehlinzekela ukusungulwa kombuso wama-visa wokuhamba isikhathi esifushane ukuya e-EU. Isebenzela ukufeza umgomo wombuso wama-visa, i-Ukraine yamukela isu lokuphathwa kwemingcele okudidiyelwe, yakha Isevisi Yokufuduka Kahulumeni, ebhekele ukuphatha ubuzwe, ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe, ukubhaliswa, kanye nezindaba zokukhoseliswa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uhulumeni wase-Ukraine uthathe izinyathelo zokuvikela idatha yomuntu siqu edingekayo ukuze uqalise omazisi be-biometric.
I-Free Trade Agreement iyingxenye ye-Ukraine's Association Agreement (AA) ne-EU. Ngo-2011, iphalamende lase-Ukraine laphinde laqinisekisa ukusayina i-AA njengento ehamba phambili yenqubomgomo yezwe yangaphandle. "Ukuhlanganiswa kweYurophu kuyinto ehamba phambili, iwumhlahlandlela oyinhloko wokuthuthukiswa kwezwe," kugcizelela uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle Wase-Ukraine, uKostyantyn Hryshchenko, ngoSepthemba 2012.
Isivumelwano Senhlangano sesifinyelele esigabeni sokugcina sokuqala ngoJulayi 2012, lapho izinhlangothi ziqeda ukuhlela nokuxhumanisa ukugunyazwa kwengxenye yesibili - yezomnotho - ye-AA. Lo mbhalo udala uhlaka lokubambisana futhi ubeka ukusungulwa kobudlelwane obuseduze kwezomnotho, amasiko, nezenhlalo, kanye nokudala indawo yohwebo lwamahhala ezindaweni zalezi zinhlangano ezimbili. Manje njengoba i-AA isiqalisiwe, isihunyushelwa ezilimini ezingama-24 futhi ilungiselelwa ukusayinwa kanye nokuqinisekiswa okulandelayo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Isikhulu sasePoland siphinde sagcizelela ukuthi iPoland iyakweseka ukusayinwa kweSivumelwano Senhlangano phakathi kwe-EU ne-Ukraine, kanye nokwakhiwa kwendawo yokuhweba mahhala ngaphandle kokuqinisekiswa okukhethekile kwesinyathelo ngesinyathelo kwedokhumenti.
- The document creates a framework for cooperation and stipulates establishing closer economic, cultural, and social ties, as well as the creation of the free trade zone on the territories of the two entities.
- In July 2012, the EU and Ukraine extended the list of categories of the Ukrainian citizens who may undergo a simplified procedure to obtain visas to the EU.
