“This intergovernmental agreement cannot be immediately introduced, there is a certain ratification process, then an exchange of notes. Ratification is usually about three months, the exchange of notes - a month. Therefore, we believe that by the end of this year, the beginning of the next - in the month of January - it will work, ”BelTA quotes Semashko.
The agreement provides that foreigners with a Belarusian visa will be able to enter Russia and stay there until its expiration date, similar rules apply to foreigners with a Russian visa in Belarus.
On June 19, Foreign Ministers of Russia and Belarus Sergey Lavrov and Vladimir Makei signed an intergovernmental agreement between the two countries on the mutual recognition of visas.