On April 8, 2013 Ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary Yurii Mushka took part in a round-table discussion on EU visa policy: what neighbors could do. Example of Hungary, which was held at the premises of the Center for EU Enlargement Studies of the CentralEuropeanUniversity.

In his speech the Ambassador briefed the participants on the steps carried out by the Government of Ukraine in order to complete the first phase and to proceed to the second phase of the Ukraine-EU Action Plan on Visa Liberalization, as well as to ensure the conclusion of the Association Agreement at the Eastern Partnership Summit to be held in November 2013 in Vilnus.

Within the event a photo exhibition Visas: what’s the reason? was opened. It demonstrates a number of portraits of prominent Ukrainians, who were denied a Schengen visa.