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“Many Arab and foreign travelers have recently arrived in Belarus from Beirut on various airlines,” also Belarusian Belavia, according to the Directorate-General.
“It was later revealed that the purpose of these travelers was to go to the border with Poland” and enter European Union territory “in cooperation with smuggling networks”, the statement said.
Airlines flying from Beirut will only be able to bring to Belarus citizens of Belarus, Lebanese citizens with Belarusian visas or residence permits, and Arabs and foreigners with residence permits in Belarus.
This requirement shall take effect immediately until further orders.
Ankara has already banned it Iraq, Syria a Yemen citizens fly from Turkey to Belarus, but the Syrian private airline Cham Wings Airlines has suspended flights to Minsk.
Belavia flights from the United Arab Emirates are no longer accepted in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan citizens, but Baghdad plans to transport 200 people from Belarus to Iraq on Thursday with the first repatriation flight.
The Lebanese authorities banned Iraqis from flying from Beirut to Belarus a month ago.
As part of an extensive hybrid attack on the regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, attempts have been made in recent months to send thousands of illegal immigrants from Belarus to Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, most of whom have arrived in Belarus as tourists from Iraq.
However, since last Monday, there have been massive attempts by Belarusians to break in violently from Belarus Poland territory.
The European Union has accused Minsk regimes seeking to avenge support for the Belarusian opposition and sanctions against Belarus in response to last year’s violent crackdown on protests.
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