4 Jun 2013 16:37

Brief visa-free visits accord could be agreed with EU in 2014 - Chizhov

YEKATERINBURG, June 4 (Interfax) - An agreement with the European Union on brief visa-free visits could be negotiated in 2014, said Russia's EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov.

"There is a real chance to end this year with joint steps, in other words, to state they have been made, and hold talks next year. Perhaps we could negotiate the text of an agreement on visa-free travel this year," Chizhov told reporters after a Russia-EU summit in Yekaterinburg.