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US and Cyprus pushing ahead with coveted visa waivers for Cypriots
January 15, 2020
Cypriot and US officials decided on Tuesday to set up a working group to expedite the Republic’s longstanding bid to join the United States’ Visa Waiver Programme (VWP).
The decision was taken during talks in Nicosia between visiting Assistant US Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch and Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris and Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides.
In a statement later, the foreign ministry said a working group comprising functionaries from the two countries will be established immediately in order to “speed up efforts aimed at bringing the process [joining the VWP] to fruition as soon as possible”.