The Quai d'Orsay worried about French nationals in Belarus. In a press release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appeals "to French people in Belarus", who are "invited to leave the country without delay by road, via border crossing points with Lithuania, Poland or Latvia ". Belarusian airspace is closed for member states of the European Union, but "If necessary, passengers arriving by air must apply for an exit visa from the services of the Belarusian Ministry of the Interior".
An alert as Moscow tries to push Minsk to invest a little more in the war in Ukraine. Until now, the country led by Alexander Lukashenko was a rear base for the Russian armed forces. The Quai d'Orsay also recalls that "any trip to Belarus remains formally inadvisable. »
France is not the only country to worry about its nationals: this Monday, the United States also sent a message to its citizens, as Le Figaro points out. In a press release, Washington invites Americans not to live in or go to Russian territory, citing risks of "detention" or even "terrorism", and warns that the government, in the event of arrest for example, will have the ability to provide extremely limited emergency assistance to US citizens in Russia.
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