Turkey is in a hurry to anticipate the European sanctions on immigration in the shadow of chaos with thousands of migrants on the Belarus-Poland border. At the request of the Turkish authorities, the Belarusian airline Belavia announced on Friday that it would not allow citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen to board its flights from Turkey.
Belavia announced that the decision will take effect today.
“According to a decision of the competent Turkish authorities, from 12.11.2021 citizens of Iraq, Syria, Yemen will not be accepted to be transported by flights from Turkey to Belarus,” a statement posted on the Belavia website said.
Belavia, which has been banned from flying over the European Union since a plane was grounded earlier this year, continues to operate to destinations such as Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan.
The European Union (EU) says Belarus is encouraging thousands of people fleeing war-torn parts of the world to try to cross the border and could impose new sanctions on Minsk and airlines carrying migrants on Monday.
According to SKAI Brussels correspondent Giannis Paleologos, the same president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layen, said that the possibility of imposing sanctions on third-country airlines that facilitate the transfer of migrants to “Minsk” is being discussed. Turkish Airlines.
In this context, Turkey has been active in conveying the message that it will do whatever it takes to stop this flow. In fact, Turkish Airlines has already issued a message to its staff saying that citizens from Syria, Yemen and Iraq wishing to travel to Minsk should not be allowed to travel. At the same time, Ankara asked a group of Polish officials to visit Turkey to discuss the issue.
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