KIEV, Dec. 21 – Ukraine will receive vise-free status in the European Union within several weeks, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

Kiev-based European Pravda has reprinted Juncker's article, titled "Standing by Ukraine," for the Baltic Rim Economies magazine.

The EU president noted that in 2010 the Commission laid down all the reforms that Ukraine would need to deliver to obtain visa-free travel for its citizens.