View of the village of Pedulas in Cyprus, in the Nicosia area

In early November, the Cypriot authorities announced the project of the country's accession to the Schengen area . Then Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulidis said only about working out a constructive proposal, however, a specific date for joining the island state to a single visa space has already appeared.

"Cyprus hopes to complete all preparatory procedures necessary for joining the Schengen zone by 2016" in the press center of RIA Novosti, the Ambassador of the country Georgios Kasulidis . The diplomat also recalled that all member countries of the European Union, with the exception of the oldest members (for example, Great Britain), are obliged sooner or later to join the visa-free space . Thus, the very question of the entry of Cyprus into the Schengen has already been resolved - it only remained to observe the formal procedures and the technical preparation of the project .

Recall that today Russian tourists arriving on the island, can get a local visa directly at the airport. In the case of Cyprus joining the visa-free zone, they will have to "go in the old ways" to collect and submit documents to the consular missions of the country.

19 December 2013
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Why should Cyprus join the Schengen area? March 29, 2014

Ksyusha
Now Cyprus has a privileged position and, having entered the Schengen zone, the country will simply lose it . Not only will there be financial, visa, territorial dependence on decisions of the Schengen leaders, so still practically all the independently developing industries will suffer, . . Tourism . For Russians, a corner of the country where you can get together quickly without documentary delay . I think that the entry visa will reduce the tour flow by at least three times . Do you need this to the Cypriots? Do we need this to the Russians? It's not a secret that friendly relations between our countries, and most importantly, residents, have been tested for years! After all, we have very close views on all aspects of life that can not be said about Europe and its relation to small countries that in the Schengen simply become a "subsidized region", "freeloaders" and t . P . Cypriots should be proud of their independent no one from the position .

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