“There are over a thousand people who have to spend the night in the open air.
It is absolutely inhuman, ”he said.
According to Glaz, "pilgrims from other countries have already arrived in Uman and a certain VIP quota set by the Ukrainian side has already been selected."
He added that Belarus urges Kiev to respect fundamental human rights, the rights of believers and universally recognized democratic norms.
“It is necessary to go down to earth and just start a dialogue with these people, they do not demand anything supernatural, only respect for their basic rights,” Glaz said.
According to him, Belarus will keep this issue under control.
On September 16, it became known that Ukraine has closed the Novye Yarilovichi checkpoint on the border with Belarus, where the Hasidic pilgrims are staying, who do not abandon their attempts to enter the territory of Ukraine.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the authorities limited the possibility of Hasidim arriving in the city of Uman, Cherkasy region to celebrate Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) at the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of the fight against coronavirus infection.