Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered not to send charter flights for the citizens of the republic, expatriate authorities after repeated warnings not to do so because of the pandemic coronavirus.
Speaking at a Saturday meeting with members of the Belarusian Cabinet of Ministers, Lukashenka drew attention, that many citizens of the republic flew to rest abroad, knowing about the difficult epidemiological situation in the world due to the coronavirus, and that many countries have closed their borders and cut off aviation and other services.
We are already shouting with hubbub: don't go abroad, stay at home. No, all the same rod for this border. the, who left after our warnings, - no charters. Let them sit there, if you went there ...
- said Lukashenko.
However, he drew attention, that in some Asian countries, Belarusian tourists are simply not allowed on Russian planes, canceling their tickets. This happened in India.
There are tickets to Moscow. And from Moscow we will already think, how to pick up our people. Yes, we can pick them up from India, but who will then compensate the losses to people for these tickets and charters, which we will send there
– Belarusian president said, adding, that counts on the assistance of the Russian authorities in the issue of returning Belarusian citizens to their homeland.
