KIEV, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), agreed to launch a visa-free travel between their countries, the Ukrainian presidential press service said Thursday.
The agreement was reached during Poroshenko's visit to Dubai on November 1-2, said the statement on the presidential website.
According to Poroshenko's spokesman Svyatoslav Tsegolko, the two countries will abolish visa requirements for each other's citizens starting from next month.
Last year, 112,000 Ukrainians traveled to UAE, while Ukraine hosted some 1,000 visitors from the Gulf Arab state.
The two countries established the diplomatic relationship on Oct. 15, 1992.
