Czech interior ministry experts to hold talks with US on abolition of visas

The new Czech minister for foreign affairs Karel Schwarzenberg has announced that a group of experts from the Czech interior ministry will go to the United States on February 1 to hold negotiations about technical measures that are necessary for a possible abolition of US visas for Czech citizens travelling to America. Mr Schwarzenberg held talks on the issue today with Paul Rosenzweig, assistant secretary for international affairs at the US Department of Homeland Security and says that negotiations lifting visa requirements for Czech citizens were developing positively. A proposal granting a visa exemption to the countries cooperating with the United States in the so-called war on terror is currently in the process of being submitted to the US House of representatives. It is thought that the Czech Republic may be one of the countries eligible for such a waiver.

Author: Coilin O'Connor