EU signs visa waiver agreement with Peru

On 14 March 2016, the EU signed a short-stay visa waiver agreement with Peru, at a ceremony that took place in Brussels. On behalf of the EU, the agreement was signed by Bert Koenders, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of the Netherlands and President of the Council, and by Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship. On the Peruvian side, Ana María Sánchez de Rios, Minister for Foreign Affairs, signed the agreement.

The new visa regime provided for visa-free travel for EU citizens when travelling to the territory of Peru and for citizens of Peru when travelling to the EU, for a period of stay of 90 days in any 180-day period.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Relations between Peru and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-peru-and-the-european-union/

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