Ukraine and Turkey signed an Agreement on mutual travels of citizens with ID-cards
During the official
visit of Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman to the Turkish Republic there
has been inked an Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the
Government of the Republic of Turkey amending the Agreement between the Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Turkish Republic on conditions
of mutual trips of citizens.
The signing ceremony
was held in the presence of heads of government of Ukraine and Turkey on the outcomes
of their negotiations.
The Agreement
provides for the travel of citizens of both Ukraine and the Turkish Republic using
passports in the form of identity cards (ID) with contactless electronic media.
The citizens of the two states will be eligible to enter, leave, transit and
stay without visas on the territory of Turkey and Ukraine, respectively, for a
period up to 90 days within 180 days.
The implementation
of provisions of the Agreement will promote the development of bilateral
relations between the two countries, intensification of contacts in the
socio-economic, cultural-humanitarian and other spheres.
Apart from that,
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Liliya Hrynevych and President of the Council of Higher Education of
Turkey Yekta Saraç inked
a Memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Science of
Ukraine and the Council of Higher Education of the Turkish Republic in higher
education.
The document enshrines
arrangements reached during the official visit of President of Ukraine Petro
Poroshenko to the Turkish Republic on March 9-10, 2016 and the visit of President
of the Council of Higher Education of Turkey Yekta Saraç to Ukraine on May 23, 2016.
The Memorandum’s
provisions stipulate for the establishment of joint bachelor's, master's and
PhD programs in strategically important to both countries sectors of nuclear
energy, nuclear safety, aviation and space technologies, support for programs
of learning and teaching of Russian and Turkish languages, the implementation
of academic exchange programs and the like.