EU OFFICIAL'S PRESENCE SYMBOLIZES NEARING SCHENGEN VISA-FREE TRAVEL

  • 17/11/2022

Kuwait City: Margaritis Schinas, vice president of the European Commission, concentrated his discussions with Kuwaiti officials on the soon-to-be-implemented Schengen visa-free travel, "promot[ing] our European way of life," in an effort to strengthen bilateral ties. During his two-day official visit to Kuwait, Schinas stated that he had discussions with Kuwaiti leaders about potential areas of cooperation in the fields of education, security, mobility, youth, and skills.


As the process of granting Kuwaitis visa-free travel to Schengen countries approaches its conclusion and the EU parliament is expected to vote on the issue soon, he looks forward to fostering excellent bilateral relations and building on the solid partnership. 

The topics discussed at that meeting were “the ever-increasing convergence between the EU and Kuwait, in the belief of the meet of rules based on international order in these difficult times with war happening with a lot of global uncertainties, it is more important than ever that the EU and Kuwait understand the world in the same way,” he noted. “Kuwait has followed a very principled stance in the UN, in the voting,” he said, mentioning that “we discussed this global geopolitical picture and the way that we see international developments from the same perspective,” along with the Schengen visa waiver.

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