Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs, and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said: "Our goal is and remains to obtain full visa reciprocity with both Canada and the U.S. Our continued engagement and patient diplomatic contacts over the past year have brought tangible results already with Canada, and we are committed to proceeding in the same way with the U.S. Dialogue with our strategic partners is the right way forward and we are on the right track".
Dimitris Avramopoulos, commissaris voor Migratie, Binnenlandse Zaken en Burgerschap: "Ons doel is en blijft volledige visumwederkerigheid met Canada en de Verenigde Staten. We zijn ons hiervoor geduldig blijven inzetten en hebben het afgelopen jaar via diplomatieke kanalen wat betreft Canada al tastbare resultaten bereikt.