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No problems expected with signing Belarus-Russia visa recognition agreement

MINSK, 14 December (BelTA) – There will be no problems with signing the mutual visa recognition agreement with Russia. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he met with representatives of the Russian mass media community on 14 December, BelTA has learned.

“I don’t think there will be problems,” said the Belarusian leader. “The document has not simply passed intrastate procedures in Belarus.”

The mutual visa recognition agreement was a rare exception: it was discussed during the recent session of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Belarus and Russia before Alexander Lukashenko received the document. The president said he had received the document only in the evening the day before. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already informed the head of state that the agreement takes into account all the feedback from Belarusians and Russians. “If it is so, there will be no problems,” concluded the president.

BelTA reported earlier that the intergovernmental agreement on mutual visa recognition will enable legal conditions to allow third-country citizens to travel in the Union State of Belarus and Russia using a visa obtained from either country. Once the agreement comes into force, foreigners will not need two visas in order to stay in Belarus and Russia. People, who have the visa of one country, will be able to enter, leave, and stay in the other country as long as the visa is valid.

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