Belarus will ease the visa process for Israelis planning to visit the country. Israelis visiting Belarus for 30 days or less no longer need a formal invitation and may simply fill in a form, pay a fee and purchase insurance prior to travel, Andrey Giro, the director of the Belarus Foreign Ministry’s consular affairs department, said Thursday. The decision to ease conditions was unilateral, Giro said.
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