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Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Johannes Hahn discussed in Brussels the issues of granting visa-free regime to Ukraine and the practical support of Ukrainian reforms on Nov. 28, the People’s Front party report.

Yatsenyuk said that Ukraine expects the immediate provision of the visa-free regime and relies on the European Union’s word. The consultation on the introduction of a mechanism of suspension of the visa-free regime will be held on Nov. 29.

“We hope that the solution will be found soon so that Ukraine could finally get a visa-free regime, the People’s Front leader said.

As part of the discussions of the practical support of Ukrainian reforms, Yatsenyuk and Hahn discussed the provision of €105 million for the Ukrainian civil service reform and raising the wages to Ukrainian civil servants.