KIEV, Aug. 4 – Austria is ready to consider the signing of a bilateral agreement on the cancellation of fees for the registration of national visas for Ukrainian citizens, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov said at a briefing on Tuesday.

Dykusarov said Ukrainian-Austrian talks on consular and legal issues at the level of the heads of the foreign ministries of the two countries took place in Vienna on July 30. The sides also discussed the issue of protecting the rights and interests of Ukrainian citizens, the Austrian side's using the regulations of the EU Visa Code, which took effect on April 4, as well as the registration of short-term and long-term visas for Ukrainian citizens by the Austrian representative office.