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Member of the European Parliament and standing rapporteur for Kosovo, Igor Soltes, says Kosovo has met all required criteria for it to have granted a visa free regime for Schengen. He calls on the EU to keep its promises and liberalize visas for Kosovars. Soltes made the call after the EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said on Monday that that visa liberalization for Kosovo will be delayed until 2020.

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