The Estonian Minister of the Interior has stated that hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens fought against the independent European country.
The Baltic countries, Northern European countries and Poland demand that entry into the Schengen zone be closed to Russian military personnel.
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The internal security ministers of the Baltic, Nordic and Polish states, meeting in Tallinn on Thursday, June 19, issued a joint statement confirming their decision to ban entry into the Schengen area for Russian citizens who participated in the aggression against Ukraine.
The high-level meeting was also attended by the European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, and a representative of the Border Agency.
“Hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens who fought against an independent European country. We must take a very clear position that these people cannot travel freely within Schengen – we will not grant them residence permits, we will not grant them visas, because this entire group that killed and destroyed there poses a very serious security threat to all of us,” said Estonian Interior Minister Igor Taro, emphasizing the importance.
It is noted that the ban on entry into the Schengen zone for persons involved in aggression should remain in force even after the end of active hostilities.
Let us recall that back in 2023, Romania and Bulgaria reached an agreement to join the Schengen area with open borders by air and sea. Therefore, the process took place in March 2024.
The talk was that Cyprus plans to meet all the requirements for accession by the end of 2025.
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