The EU's executive gave its green light on Friday to visa-free travel for Moldova's 3.5 million people but said Ukraine and Georgia needed to make more progress before lifting their visa requirements.
The European Commission said in a statement that it would consider immediately after a summit in Vilnius at the end of November “presenting a legislative proposal to lift visa requirements for Moldovan citizens holding a biometric passport.”
Leaders of the 28-nation bloc are to gather in the Lithuanian capital on November 28 and 29 for talks with six former Soviet bloc nations, including Moldova, Ukraine and Geogia, aimed at tightening trade and political ties as a first step to joining the EU.
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