EU states have agreed to grant Georgian nationals visa-free travel to the Schengen zone, once new safeguards are in place to suspend the deal in case of abuse, euobserver.com informs.
"The council takes the view that the entry into force of visa liberalisation for Georgia should be at the same time as the entry into force of the new 'suspension mechanism'," they said in a statement on Wednesday (5 October).
Those talks are expected to conclude by the end of the year, meaning that Georgian people should be able to visit the 25 Schengen states without permits before 2017.