Restrictions Lifted for Armenian Citizens Traveling to the EU and Schengen Area

The European Council has included Armenia in the list of countries whose citizens will have COVID-19 related entry restrictions lifted for the EU and Schengen Area.

The EU decision is set to take effect by the end of this week.

In addition to Armenia, the list also includes Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Canada, Qatar, Jordan, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, and Saudi Arabia.

The EU's list of 'safe' countries is updated weekly based on the epidemiological situation related to COVID-19 in various countries.

The United Kingdom has been excluded from the list as the Delta variant of the coronavirus has begun to spread widely in the region.