The European Union Ministerial Council will meet on Nov. 30 in Brussels to make a decision on the abolishing of Schengen visas for citizens of Serbia, Montenegro and FYRMacedonia, starting Dec. 19.

This was stated by a senior official of the presiding Swedish government, who stated that interior and justice ministers of the Union will amend regulation number 539/2001, stating that citizens of these three countries will be on the "positive Schengen list."

It states that they will then be "freed of the obligation to have visas issued to them" by the EU, but will still be without the right to work in the 27 EU member-states.

The citizens included in the abolishing of the visa regime will be Serbian citizens, precluding those living in Kosovo, as well as citizens of Montenegro and FYRMacedonia with biometric passports. They will be able to visit any country as tourists for three months at the most in any season of the year.

That means that three months after entering the territory of a country of the Schengen zone, they must end their stay, and they must also wait three months before entering again for three months in a tourist capacity on the EU territory under the regime of free movement without border control.

The EU Ministerial Council will also stress that "under resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council, those residing in Kosovo will have to ask for visas to travel in the EU," BETA stated, after gaining an insight into the draft decision.

It also stated that Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina are not included in this measure, as it was confirmed that they "have not fulfilled conditions from the visa liberalization agreement of the Western Balkans countries."