Ukrainians from Crimea may obtain Schengen visa at Polish consulate general in Odesa, unlike Crimeans with Russian passports – Sikorski

Ukrainians living in Crimea will be able to get a Schengen visa at the Polish Consulate General in Odesa, whereas Crimean residents with Russian passports will not be able to do so, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said.

"These rules are currently being set. However, one question is already absolutely clear: all residents of Crimea will be serviced by the Consulate General in Odesa. The issue concerns citizens of Ukraine and only citizens of Ukraine," he said at a joint briefing with Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deschytsia.

He noted that due to the tense security situation in Crimea, the Polish Consulate General in Sevastopol, which was the only consulate general of an EU member state in Crimea, had been evacuated. He said that now residents of Crimea with Ukrainian passports had to visit Odesa to get a visa at the Polish Consulate General.

Sikorski also noted that the EU had suspended talks with Russia on visa liberalization.