Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk told journalists this in response to their questions.
"It can already be said with certainty today that our goal, that of Ukraine and the European Union, will be a process whose ultimate aim will be the abolition of the visa regime between the EU and Ukraine. And this will be recorded," Tarasyuk said.
According to him, the goal of the Ukrainian negotiations on visas is the maximum simplification of the visa regime for Ukrainian citizens and the extension of visa privileges to the maximum number of categories of Ukrainians who wish to obtain a visa. At the same time, the diplomat noted that the current asymmetric visa regime between Ukraine and Poland and several other new European Union countries will remain in effect only until those countries become parties to the Schengen Agreement.
"Poland takes a constructive position in supporting Ukraine's position in the EU regarding the extension of this so-called asymmetric regime with the other 6 EU countries, but, of course, we must realize that this will not be indefinite, but only until the time when Poland and other new European Union countries become members of the Schengen Agreement," Tarasyuk said.
As reported, on May 13 Polish President Lech Kaczynski stated that Poland would preserve to the maximum extent the visa regime privileges with Ukraine that are possible within the framework of the Schengen Agreement.