Belarus, Russia likely to open common border this summer – Mezentsev
<p> MINSK, Jul 1 - PrimePress. Belarus and Russia may lift the entry and exit restrictions imposed amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev told reporters on July 1. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko said earlier that the Russian Federation would lift the restrictions on cross-border movement in late July or early August. </p> <p> </p> <p> “Of course, we hope that Ambassador Semashko was not mistaken, but even if he did, we hope that free movement across the non-existent Russian-Belarusian border of friendship will resume as soon as possible. I believe that this will, of course, happen this summer,” said Mezentsev. </p> <p> </p> <p> He said that diplomats of both countries should not even involuntarily exert pressure on the chief sanitary inspector of Belarus and Rospotrebnadzor in this respect. </p> <p> </p> <p> “I am truly convinced that virologists and sanitary inspectors should determine grounds for relaxing the requirements to facilitate cross-border movement for the people,” he said. End </p>
2020-07-02
Primepress
Belarus, Russia likely to open common border this summer – Mezentsev
MINSK, Jul 1 - PrimePress. Belarus and Russia may lift the entry and exit restrictions imposed amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev told reporters on July 1.
Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko said earlier that the Russian Federation would lift the restrictions on cross-border movement in late July or early August.
“Of course, we hope that Ambassador Semashko was not mistaken, but even if he did, we hope that free movement across the non-existent Russian-Belarusian border of friendship will resume as soon as possible. I believe that this will, of course, happen this summer,” said Mezentsev.
He said that diplomats of both countries should not even involuntarily exert pressure on the chief sanitary inspector of Belarus and Rospotrebnadzor in this respect.
“I am truly convinced that virologists and sanitary inspectors should determine grounds for relaxing the requirements to facilitate cross-border movement for the people,” he said. End