Visa-free regime in Belarus with Lithuania, Poland and Latvia to be continued

Extension of visa-free regime with Lithuania, Poland and Latvia will be continued. This initiative of the Foreign Ministry was supported by the head of the Belarusian state. There are a lot of positive feedback from visiting our country in social networks.

Visa-free travel with the western neighbors was introduced last year, and this policy has shown a steady interest of residents of neighboring countries to visit Belarus, despite the obstacles and restrictions from the leadership of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.

Andrei Kozhan, Head of the Main Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

We see a steady interest of our neighbors in entering Belarus. It can be for different purposes: to visit their close relatives, or to stay in a health resort, or to buy many categories of goods, which are cheaper here. Since the beginning of this initiative, the total number of those who have visited our country, using the visa-free regime, is already approaching 800 thousand. This year alone, we have received somewhere around 405 thousand residents of neighboring countries also visa-free.

The guests see the discrepancies with what the Western propaganda shows about our country. For some categories of citizens of the border regions of Lithuania and Latvia, in particular, pensioners and the poor, trips to the Republic of Belarus have become a stable source of obtaining necessary goods and medicines.