{"id":514738,"date":"2026-02-04T10:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=514738"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:43:35","slug":"belarus-and-sri-lanka-discuss-visa-free-travel-and-direct-air-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarus-and-sri-lanka-discuss-visa-free-travel-and-direct-air-links","title":{"rendered":"Belarus and Sri Lanka Discuss Visa-Free Travel and Direct Air Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarus and Sri Lanka are discussing the introduction of a visa-free regime and direct air links. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry reported this following meetings held by Belarus\u2019s ambassador <b>Mikhail Kasko<\/b> at Sri Lanka\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation.<\/p>\n<p>Kasko held a meeting with Sri Lanka\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism <b>Vijitha Herath<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cCurrent issues on the bilateral agenda were discussed, including cooperation in education, the organization of regular flights, and the possible introduction of a visa-free regime for Belarusian citizens,\u201d<\/i> the Foreign Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>The talks also covered the organization of a visit by Sri Lanka\u2019s foreign minister to Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of air links was raised during a meeting with Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation <b>Janitha Ruwan Kodithuwakku<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThe importance of the swift signing of an Air Services Agreement between Belarus and Sri Lanka was noted, which would make it possible to establish direct regular air links between the two countries,\u201d<\/i> the Foreign Ministry added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_514686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-514686\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-514686 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-04_10-03-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"865\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-04_10-03-24.jpg 865w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-04_10-03-24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-04_10-03-24-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/photo_2026-02-04_10-03-24-534x400.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-514686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: The Foreign Ministry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus and Sri Lanka are discussing the introduction of a visa-free regime and direct air links. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry reported this following meetings held by Belarus\u2019s ambassador Mikhail Kasko at Sri Lanka\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation. Kasko held a meeting with Sri Lanka\u2019s Minister of Foreign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":514737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/698306be90b4b.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarus and Sri Lanka Discuss Visa-Free Travel and Direct Air Links"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}