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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8507

18 July 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/russia
Romano Prodi reckons visas could be scrapped in five years

Brussels, 17/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - Getting rid of visas for Russian citizens "could become a reality in five years", declared President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, in an interview in the Finnish magazine, Seura, on Wednesday. The spokesperson for the Commissioner in charge of immigration, was keen to explain that, "there is not fixed deadline". Community sources pointed out that the "long term objective" of scrapping these visas had been acknowledged at the last EU Russia...

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