Hong Kong opens visa-free travel for Russians
11:57, 3 June 2009
HONG KONG. June 3. KAZINFORM The agreement on visa-free travel between Russia and Hong Kong will come into effect as of July 1, 2009, an official at the Russian consulate general in China?s special administrative region said on Wednesday, Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.
Russians will be able to make tourist or business trips to Hong Kong without visas, if they have no intention to stay there for more than 14 days. Citizens of Hong Kong will also enjoy this right on their trip to Russia.
Russian Ambassador in China Sergei Razov and the director of the Hong Kong Immigration Department, Simon Peh, signed an agreement on visa-free rules in Beijing on April 23.
The former British enclave returned to China?s embrace back in 1997, but it enjoys the right of expanded autonomy and sets its own visa rules, Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.