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EU backs visa-free travel for UK citizens after Brexit

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ANKARA: EU diplomats have agreed that after Brexit, British citizens should be granted visa-free travel, the European Council said on Friday.

“According to EU rules, visa exemption is granted on condition of reciprocity. The government of the United Kingdom has stated that it does not intend to require a visa from EU citizens traveling to the U.K. for short stays,” the council said in a statement.

It added that visa-free travel will be valid for short stays (90 days in any 180-day period).

In a 2016 referendum, British voters decided to leave the EU after the country’s more than 40-year membership.

British leaders have raised the possibility of postponing the U.K.’s exit date from the EU, due to disagreement over terms of the divorce, currently set to take place on March 29.

 

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.