The Council of the European Union has suspended some agreements on the facilitation of the issuance of visas with Belarus. Henceforth, they will not be valid for Belarusian officials. This decision was made by the ministers of the EU countries in their response on Tuesday, November 9, the press service of the Council of the European Union reported.
The simplified rules for the issuance of Schengen will no longer apply, in particular, at meetings of official representatives, deputies of parliament and local councils, members of the government of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts of Belarus. The simplification consisted in reducing the visa fee from 80 to 35 euros, reducing the list of documents that must be submitted for a visa, as well as reducing the requirements for issuing multiple-entry visas. “This decision will not affect ordinary citizens of Belarus, who continue to enjoy the advantages of simplifying the issuance of a visa,” the press service emphasized.
Organization of transit of migrants to the EU by Belarus
“We strongly condemn the continued broadcasting by the Belarusian regime. It is unacceptable that Belarus plays with people’s lives in order to achieve political goals, ”said Aleš Hois, Minister of the Interior of Slovenia, who holds the presidency of the EU Council this six months. He blamed the Minsk regime for a hybrid attack on the EU.
The press release notes that the EU’s decision was a response to Belarus’s organization of the transit of migrants to Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, as well as Minsk’s decision to suspend the readmission agreement. the EU journal, the day after that it will enter into force.
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