High Representative of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, has said that a new active phase in the visa-free travel dialogue between Kiev and Brussels has started and is likely to see the first results of EU-Ukraine summit scheduled for this fall .

Ashton said this on Tuesday in Luxembourg, in a press conference after the meeting of the Cooperation Council EU-Ukraine was attended by Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

“On June 9, at the ministerial meeting, we agreed to move to what we describe as a fully operational phase of the visa dialogue. It means that based on an action plan that will lead us towards the liberalization of visas. It a very important step, “said Ashton.

He hoped that both sides would be able to demonstrate their adherence to the commitments made at the time of the Ukraine-EU summit.