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Reuters
Reuters
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By Jan Lopatka and Sabine Siebold

EU may agree tightening visas for Russians, discuss training of Ukraine troops

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman

European Union foreign ministers, meeting in Prague on Tuesday and Wednesday, may agree tightening the issuance of visas for Russians and start debating a wider ban on tourist visas though there is no agreement on that, EU officials said.

The six-month-old war in Ukraine remains a foreign policy priority for the bloc and a visa ban for Russians pushed by some mainly eastern member states will be at the top of the agenda.

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