Ukraine introduces a visa free regime for such neighbor countries as Bulgaria and Romania since the moment when the agreement on facilitating the visa registration procedure for t the citizens of Ukraine, which was signed between Ukraine and EU in Luxembourg on 18 June, 2007, comes into power.

According to the information reported, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk claimed this to journalists in the Cabinet of Ministers on 21 November.

"After the Ukraine-EU Summit has been held, the question of giving visa free regime to Romania and Bulgaria was raised. The relation of Ukraine was declared clearly: we give the visa free regime to Romania and Bulgaria at the same time with coming into force of the agreement on facilitated visa regime for Ukrainians. This decision was approved by the government of Ukraine today", A.Yatseniuk proclaimed.

The Minister specified that the rules of entrance and departure for the foreigners at the Ukrainian territory are regulated with a respective order of the Ukrainian government. "It is not necessary to adopt a special Law in Ukraine in order to introduce the visa free regime", he said.