Amendments to Law on State Border of Belarus adopted by deputies

The amendments to the law on the state border of Belarus have been prepared. Their purpose is to ensure the safety of citizens caught in the borderland. This was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on National Security at a meeting with border guards in Minsk.

Alexander Markevich said that the decree of the Council of Ministers will regulate the order of economic and other activities in the border section. Parliamentarians have already prepared everything to adopt the bill in the second reading.

Alexander Markevich, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus: We see that the situation has drastically changed recently, new challenges, risks and threats to national security have become relevant. Therefore, we need to determine what should be further strengthened in the legislative process in order to ensure border security, to ensure the reliable protection of the state border and to ensure peace, security and tranquility for our people. The participants of the meeting analyzed the practice of application of laws to ensure border security and also considered the issues of implementation of legislation and protection of the state border.