# Belarusian Foreign Ministry recommends refraining from non-essential trips to six European countries

- URL: https://syn.by/en/politics/authorities/belarusian-foreign-ministry-recommends-trips/
- Published: 2026-10-26T11:00:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T11:00:26+00:00
- Section: Authorities
- Language: en
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/politika/vlasti/mid-byelarusi-ryekomyendoval-vozdyerzhatsya-ot-poyezdok.md
- BE edition: https://syn.by/palityka/ulady/mzs-bielarusi-rekamendavau-ustrymacca-ad-nieabaviazkovych.md

> The list includes France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Albania. The ministry explains its advice by a sharp worsening of the domestic political situation and by mass actions.

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Belarus's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued recommendations for citizens in connection with a deterioration of the security situation in a number of European states. The ministry advises refraining from non-essential trips to France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Albania.

The ministry named a sharp worsening of the domestic political situation as the reason. It framed the recommendations as an urgent warning.

According to information that, the ministry said, is reaching it, mass actions, including ones involving radically inclined individuals, are being recorded in a number of European states. The official statement specifies that this also concerns individual member states of the European Union.

According to the ministry's account, the escalation is accompanied by radical protests, arbitrary detentions and harsh police action. Belarusians are strongly urged to cancel or postpone non-essential trips, including to France and Italy.

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has issued similar warnings before. In March 2020, it strongly recommended ruling out trips abroad without special necessity and warned of possible difficulties with returning. In June 2025, Belarusians were advised to refrain from trips to Iran and Israel.