12,000 visas to France granted to Kazakhstanis in 2011 - Ambassador Jean-Charles Berthonnet
19:35, 28 September 2011
TANA. September 28. KAZINFORM /Askar Bimendin/ This year, the citizens of Kazakhstan have been granted 12,000 visas to France and about 3,000 visas to Switzerland. Ambassadors Jean-Charles Berthonnet and Stephan Nellen made it public at a press conference on simplifying visa regime with France and Switzerland.
"This year the Consulate General of France has granted 12,000 visas," Jean-Charles Berthonnet said.
His colleague - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Kazakhstan Stephan Nellen informed, that the Embassy of Switzerland grants about 3,000 visas annually.