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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9655

6 May 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/latin america
Getting a Schengen visa is like “Chinese torture”, says José Antonio Garcia Belaunde

Lima, 05/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - For nationals of Latin American countries, obtaining a visa that will allow free movement across those European Union countries that are part of the Schengen Agreement is a real trial. Peruvian Foreign Minister José Antonio García Belaúnde, in an interview with EUROPE, as his country is preparing to host the EU-Latin America in Lima in mid-May, went as far as to say that the visa procedure was like a “Chinese torture”. He highlighted the considerable...

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