On December 9, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Belarus and Israel are considering the issue of visa abolition, said Gennady Polishchuk, First Secretary of the Embassy of the State of Israel to the Republic of Belarus, to a BELTA correspondent today. He is taking part in Israel Day, which is being held in Vitebsk by the Embassy of Israel. "I want to believe that this issue will be resolved in the near future," the diplomat said. In November 2008, consular negotiations between Belarus and Israel took place, during which the possibility of visa abolition between the two countries was considered. A similar visa-free regime already exists between Israel and Russia. Ukraine and Israel will switch to a visa-free travel regime for citizens from February 2011. The transition to a visa-free regime grants the right to cross the border, enter the territory of another state or stay in it without a visa for 90 days within a six-month period. -0-

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