On 22 April 2011, the President of Ukraine V.Yanukovych by his Decree #494/2011 approved the National Plan on Implementation of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan on Visa Liberalization.

The National Plan is, in essence, a road map for complex reforms in migration, visa and some other policies of Ukraine with an aim of creating in our state favorable conditions for waiving out visa-regime for short-term travels of the Ukrainian nationals to the EU member-states.

The National Plan contains a detailed list of measures on implementation of the Action Plan, clearly defines responsible agencies and deadlines for fulfillment of relevant tasks.

First assessment of the progress achieved by Ukraine in implementation of the Action Plan should be made in June this year at the Ukraine-EU ministerial meeting on justice, freedom and security.