As Lithuania closed two of the six border crossing points on the border with Belarus, the USA on Monday, August 21, called on its citizens to leave Belarus “immediately”.
“Do not travel to Belarus, given the Belarusian authorities’ unrelenting support for Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the concentration of Russian troops in Belarus, the arbitrary application of local laws, potential civil unrest, threats of detention, and the embassy’s limited ability to assist US citizens residing in or traveling to Belarus,” the statement said. , distributed by the US Embassy in Minsk.
The embassy has indicated that it is also possible to close other border crossing points on the border of Belarus with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, as the governments of these countries let us understand.
US citizens in Belarus are invited to leave the country immediately, using the border crossing points on the border with Lithuania or Latvia, or by plane.
“US citizens are not allowed to enter Poland from Belarus by land,” the embassy reminds, warning that they should not go to Russia or Ukraine either.
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2023-08-22 05:13:17
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