UAE Announces 90-Day Visa-Free Travel Deal With European Country
The UAE has signed a mutual visa exemption with a country in Europe.
The UAE and the Republic of Kosovo have signed a memorandum of understanding on the mutual exemption of visa requirements for holders of ordinary, diplomatic, special and mission passports.
Under this MoU, UAE citizens holding valid passports for at least six months are exempt from the visa requirement for entry to Kosovo and can stay there for up to 90 days per visit.
UAE-Kosovo visa exemption
In return, citizens of Kosovo holding valid diplomatic, official, and ordinary passports are exempt from the visa requirement for entry to the UAE.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz, Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, welcomed the MoU signing.
They affirmed during a telephone call the importance of this step in strengthening and developing bilateral relations in a way that serves the mutual interests of the two countries and their peoples.
The MoU was signed on behalf of the UAE by Khaled Abdullah Belhoul, Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and on behalf of Kosovo by Xhabir Hamiti, the Ambassador of Kosovo to the United Arab Emirates.
The MoU comes within the framework of strengthening bilateral relations and facilitating the movement of people between the two countries.
It is also an important step towards strengthening joint cooperation in all areas of common interest, including political, economic, cultural, and educational.
In a related context, the United Arab Emirates Top Diplomat and Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance them in all areas during the telephone call.
Sheikh Abdullah affirmed the growing bilateral relations between the two countries and their aspiration to enhance them in a way that serves their mutual interests.
