“Uzbekistan, as another country, restricts flights to Minsk For citizens of the countries of origin of illegal immigrants. Good decision of the government in Tashkent. I am glad that the arguments regarding the situation on the Belarusian border were recognized. Thank you amp. Babayev and mother. Grukowi ”- Deputy Minister Przydacz wrote on Twitter Friday morning.

Uzbekistan is another country that imposes such restrictions. last week Turkey He issued a ban on the sale of tickets for citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen wishing to travel on Turkish Airlines to Belarus. Also Belarusian Airlines Bellavia It stated that citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen traveling from Turkey will not be accepted on its flights. aviation authority in Lebanon It is the imposition of restrictions on passengers on the Beirut – Minsk line.

On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Iraq, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the regional government Kurdistan Masrour Barzani announced in an interview with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that they will suspend flights to Belarus. And the Polish prime minister announced, after talks with them, that the Iraqi prime minister “promised all assistance and cooperation in bringing his citizens to the country.”

“The return will also apply to those who were detained in centers for foreigners in Poland after illegally crossing the border. He also announced that direct flights to Minsk from Iraq will remain suspended,” Morawiecki said in a Facebook post.

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There is a crisis on the borders of the European Union and Belarus, when the number of attempts to illegally cross the Belarusian borders with Lithuania, Latvia and Poland by immigrants from the Middle East, Africa and other regions has increased sharply since spring. The European Union and its member states assert that this is the result of the deliberate actions of the regime of Alexander Lukashenka, which is actively using migrants in response to sanctions. Until December 2, a state of emergency was in force in the Polish-Belarus border region.