The government may terminate the visa-free agreement with Israel if Ukrainians continue to be deported from the territory of this country.
The Ukrainian Embassy has warned the Israeli government that the Hasidim may not be allowed into Uman if the deportation of Ukrainians from Israel does not stop. This was stated in a message on the diplomatic mission’s Facebook page on Sunday, August 20.
It was noted that Israeli pilgrims will not be allowed to go to Uman for the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), and the government will cancel the visa-free regime in Israel if the expulsion of Ukrainians from the territory of this country continues.
The Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel, Yevhen Korniychuk, who commented on the words of President Volodymyr Zelensky about problems with visas for Ukrainians, said that the head of state was talking about Israel.
“The government of Ukraine will not allow the humiliation of its citizens when entering Israel. We will stop our bilateral visa-free agreements, as stipulated in Article 7 of the intergovernmental agreement. This option is on the table of our government,” Korniychuk said.
He added that at a time when “we have to make every effort to receive thousands of Israelis in Uman, with a high security risk and with a huge logistical effort – on the other hand, the Israeli government insults the our citizens coming to Israel”.
The Ukrainian ambassador to Israel called such actions of the Israeli side “unthinkable” and called on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to personally join in solving the problem.
“If Israel wants its citizens to come to Ukraine as tourists, especially to Uman, I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu should personally intervene in finding a solution to the current state of affairs,” said diplomat
According to media reports, many Ukrainians arriving in Israel were sent back to Ukraine. According to the ambassador, currently every tenth Ukrainian is not allowed in Israel.
Remember, according to the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, more than 30,000 Hasidic pilgrims intend to go to Uman, Cherkasy region, on Rosh Hashanah.
Source: korrespondent
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