MINSK, 1 September (BelTA) – The Council of Ministers of Belarus has designated the agencies responsible for the implementation of the Belarus-Russia agreement on mutual recognition of visas and other matters regarding entry of foreign nationals and stateless persons into the territory of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. The appropriate Council of Ministers' resolution No.505 of 27 August 2020 was published on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA has learned.
The responsibility for the implementation of the agreement will fall on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Security Committee, and the State Customs Committee. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has also been put in charge of information exchange.
The agreement was signed in Minsk on 19 June. Under the agreement, foreign citizens who have Belarusian visas will be able to enter and leave Russia, to go through Russia in transit and stay there. The same way, holders of Russian visas will be allowed to do the same in Belarus. Foreign visitors will be able to travel by air, rail and six roads specified in the annex to the agreement.