KYIV. March 15 (Interfax) – Ukraine and Turkey have agreed on the possibility of mutual trips of citizens on the basis of internal passports in the form of ID cards, Spokesman for the PM Dmytro Stoliarchuk wrote on Twitter.
A corresponding agreement was signed between the governments of the two countries in Ankara on Tuesday during the official visit of Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.
“Ukraine and Turkey signed an agreement that simplified the mutual trips of citizens. Now it is possible to travel without visas using ID-cards,” Stoliarchuk wrote.
Besides, Ministries of Education of Ukraine and Turkey signed a cooperation agreement.
“The Education Ministries of Ukraine and Turkey opened the way to the creation of joint master’s programs in strategically important spheres,” the press secretary of the Ukrainian prime minister wrote.
The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine said that the agreement on the entry of citizens stipulates that citizens of Ukraine and citizens of Turkey, who use passports in the form of ID cards with a contactless electronic chip, will be able to enter, leave, follow transit and stay without visas on the territory of Turkey and Ukraine, respectively, for up to 90 days within 180 days.
The provisions of the memorandum on cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Council of Higher Education of Turkey provide for the creation of joint bachelor, master and postgraduate programs in the fields of nuclear energy, nuclear safety, aviation and space technologies, support for the study and teaching of Ukrainian and Turkish languages, the implementation of academic exchange programs.
