Estonia, Latvia to sign US travel deals amid EU concerns

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

TALLINN (AFP) — Estonia and Latvia will sign deals on Wednesday aimed at securing citizens visa-free travel to the United States, officials said, just ahead of an EU-US meeting on the controversial issue.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff will visit the Estonian capital to sign the deal with Interior Minister Juri Pihl, ministry spokeswoman Kristina Leer said Tuesday.

Chertoff will also sign a similar deal in Riga the same day, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers told reporters.

The visa exemptions are expected to take effect before the end of the year after technical details are worked out, Zatlers said.

The so-called memorandums of understanding on travel security arrangements are aimed at winning the countries entry into the US visa...

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