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20 January 2017, 14:46

Belarus' efforts to enhance border security praised

MINSK, 20 January (BelTA) – The Belarusian State Border Committee has done a lot to enhance border security, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Stanislav Zas told reporters, BelTA informs.

Stanislav Zas said that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has approved the resolution on Belarus' state border protection in 2017. The meeting also focused on the results of 2016. “There were no systematic problems or failures in the operation of the State Border Committee last year. The agency has done a lot to enhance border security in Belarus. The chairman of the State Border Committee has reported on it today,” Stanislav Zas said.

The resolution on the state border protection specified the tasks which fully take into account the peculiarities of the situation at the Belarusian border.

According to the state secretary of the Security Council, the decision to introduce the five-day visa free entry to Belarus via the Minsk National Airport is one of the peculiarities. “It does not have any influence on the security of our state and neighbors. There will be no changes in the arrival control procedures. Every citizen will go through a passport checkpoint like before. We will also filter out people whose stay in our country is undesirable due to some reasons,” he said.

“The second peculiarity which has recently emerged near our external borders is that Russia has introduced a limited passport control for foreign nationals at border checkpoints between Belarus and Russia on a unilateral basis. This does not have any influence on the transit of our cargos and passengers in general but creates certain inconveniences for foreign nationals who will now have to look for a longer bypass road,” the state secretary of the Security Council said.

“But it is up to the Russian Federation to decide. If they think that it helps enhance the security of their country, they can do it. But I do not think that it makes much sense,” Stanislav Zas added.

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also commented on the situation at the Belarusian-Russian border at the beginning of January. In particular, Belarus offers Russia to use the previous time-tested practice for the period of the talks on the crossing of the common border by the citizens of third countries.

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