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Belarus, Russia begin consultations on mutual recognition of visas

23 June 2017 17:58 (UTC+04:00)
Belarus, Russia begin consultations on mutual recognition of visas

By Kamila Aliyeva

Belarus and Russia have launched consultations on the issue of mutual recognition of visas.

This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with Belarusian journalists, BelTA news agency reported on June 23.

He noted that the parties plan to sign an agreement on a single visa space.

"This will require some professional and technical consultations by experts, that we are beginning now. When we come to terms we will make fundamental progress towards forming a common migration space and a common visa space," Lavrov said.

He recalled that the Council of Ministers of the Russia-Belarus Union State on June 16 approved a joint action program for creating a common migration space by 2020.

"This is an important step towards achieving common approaches to this no simple matter, especially if one bears in mind that we still don’t have entirely identical lists of countries with which we have certain visa rules - ordinary, simple or visa-free,” Lavrov noted.

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Kamila Aliyeva is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Kami_Aliyeva

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