Visitors from Poland will likely be permitted to enter Belarus with out visas by all checkpoints on the EU border with the Republic of Belarus
Belarusian authorities officers introduced in the present day that the residents of neighboring Poland will likely be allowed visa-free entry to Belarus beginning tomorrow, March 2, 2023.
Visitors from Poland will likely be permitted to enter Belarus with out vacationer or some other visas by all checkpoints on the EU border with the Republic of Belarus, Minsk officers stated on Wednesday, March 1.
According to the Belarusian State Border Committee, visa-free regime for Polish residents will likely be in impact till December 31, 2023.
“Considering the high demand for the Belarusian ‘visa-free regime,’ the leadership of the republic decided to authorize visa-free entry for Polish nationals through all Belarusian checkpoints on the EU border,” the Committee declared.
“Previously, Polish nationals were able to enter Belarus without a vise only on the Polish-Belarusian swath of the border,” the Committee famous.
On December 21, 2022, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko endorsed the supply of the Council of Ministers and the Foreign Ministry to increase the visa-free regime for Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian nationals for 2023.
Initially, such entry regime was declared for nationals of Lithuania and Latvia till May 15, 2022, however was later prolonged to cowl Polish nationals as nicely, and was prolonged till the tip of final yr.
Currently, residents of Latvia and Lithuania are in a position to enter solely through checkpoints on Belarusian-Latvian and Belarusian-Lithuanian elements of the border, correspondingly.
On February 10, Poland shut down the Bobrowniki checkpoint. In response, Belarus restricted entry for vans, registered in Poland, solely permitting it to enter by the Polish-Belarusian a part of the border. The Terespol/Brest checkpoint, which serves passenger transport, is at present the one checkpoint that operates with out restrictions.
On February 13, the State Border Committee of Belarus reported that the variety of Polish nationals visiting Belarus beneath the visa-free regime has not decreased after Warsaw shut down the Bobrowniki checkpoint.
