Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic said today that talks with the US on the removal of visa restrictions for Serbian citizens are expected to begin, adding that the US administration has a positive stance on the issue.
In an interview with the daily Politika, Dacic said that visa restrictions for travel to Russia have been removed and that negotiations on visa abolition with Turkey will be intensified.
He said that he talked to US Ambassador Cameron Munter prior to his departure from Serbia and that they discussed negotiations on visa abolition. Munter said that this is not a political issue but there are technical procedures which Serbia must respect.
Dacic reiterated that the EU will make a positive decision regarding visa liberalisation and that visa restrictions for Serbian citizens will be removed from January 1, 2010.