The signature took place in the presence of the Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian head of mission to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg, HE Ambassador José Rivera Salazar, and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini.
From left to right Colombian Foreign Minister, María Ángela Holguin, Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asserlborn, Minister for Immigration and Asylum, Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.
On 2 December 2015, the EU signed a short-stay visa waiver agreement with Colombia, at a ceremony that took place in Brussels.
On behalf of the EU, the agreement was signed by Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, Minister of Immigration and Asylum of Luxembourg and President of the Council, and by Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship on the EU side. On the Colombian side, Maria Angela Holguín, Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed the agreement.
The signature took place in the presence of the Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian head of mission to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg, HE Ambassador José Rivera Salazar and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini.
The new visa regime provides for visa-free travel for EU citizens when travelling to the territory of Colombia and for citizens of Colombia when travelling to the EU, for a period of stay of 90 days in any 180-day period.
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