{"id":599811,"date":"2026-11-06T14:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=599811"},"modified":"2026-11-06T14:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:48:16","slug":"moldovan-prime-minister-says-visas-for-belarusians-could-be-introduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/moldovan-prime-minister-says-visas-for-belarusians-could-be-introduced","title":{"rendered":"Moldovan Prime Minister Says Visas for Belarusians Could Be Introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Moldova may scrap visa-free travel for citizens of Belarus, Russia and nine other countries as part of efforts to bring its visa policy into line with European Union requirements. Prime Minister of Moldova <b>Vasile Tofan<\/b> made the statement on October 5 during the Cutia Neagr\u0103 programme on <a href=\"https:\/\/tv8.md\/ru\/2026\/11\/05\/v-moldove-dopuskayut-vvedenie-viz-dlya-grazhdan-rossii-belarusi-i-drugikh-stran-tofan-esli-etogo-potrebuyut-normi-es\/312098\">TV8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that aligning visa policy with European rules is a mandatory condition for countries seeking to join the EU. The prime minister did not specify when visas might be introduced.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cWe want to continue on the European path. I am not prepared to name a date. If this is required by EU rules, I believe we must take decisions that will allow us to make progress in the European integration process,\u201d<\/i> Tofan said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a European Commission report, Moldova needs to bring its visa regime into line with EU requirements for citizens of 11 countries: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Vanuatu. Citizens of these countries can currently enter Moldova without visas.<\/p>\n<p>Other countries seeking to join the European Union are also gradually aligning their visa policies with European requirements.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Montenegro introduced visa requirements for citizens of Belarus, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey on November 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Albania has abolished its permanent visa-free regime for Belarusian citizens and temporary visa exemptions for citizens of Bahrain, but continues to apply certain exceptions that it intends to phase out gradually.<\/p>\n<p>Bosnia and Herzegovina previously abolished visa-free travel for citizens of Bahrain and Oman. It will subsequently have to introduce visas for citizens of Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey, Russia and China, as well as end seasonal visa-free travel for citizens of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moldova may scrap visa-free travel for citizens of Belarus, Russia and nine other countries as part of efforts to bring its visa policy into line with European Union requirements. Prime Minister of Moldova Vasile Tofan made the statement on October 5 during the Cutia Neagr\u0103 programme on TV8. He noted that aligning visa policy with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":510870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6aedbe858bbbb.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Moldovan Prime Minister Says Visas for Belarusians Could Be Introduced"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143090],"tags":[143118],"class_list":["post-599811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599811","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=599811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599813,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599811\/revisions\/599813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}