Minister Says EU Wants to Reach a Common Position on US Visas

Brussels, 28 February - Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate said on Thursday that the concerned EU members would suspend all talks with the US on separate visa agreements until 13 March, the date of the meeting of the EU-USA Troika. Mate added in Brussels that the EU would speed up efforts to arrive at a common approach on visa talks with the US.

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (right) and Lichtenstein Prime Minister Otmar Hasler at a meeting of EU interior and justice ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (centre), Lichtenstein Prime Minister Otmar Hasler (left) and European Commission Vice President Franco Frattini at a meeting of EU interior and justice ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate (right) and Sweden's Migration Minister Toblias Billstrom at a meeting of EU interior and justice ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Justice Minister Lovro Sturm (left) and Interior Minister Dragutin Mate at a meeting of EU interior and justice ministers.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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