Belarus hopes for a prompt response of European partners regarding the simplification of visa procedures, Spokesman for the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Mironchik told a briefing in Minsk:
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“We hope that European partners will soon respond to our suggestions. We also hope that the answer will be positive. Belarus has declared at the negotiations and publicly that Belarusian citizens should enjoy the same terms of getting the Schengen visa as the citizens of other partner states of the Eastern Partnership Initiative. Discrimination is unacceptable in this case.”