Al-Sahaf announces the dropping of fines for Iraqis stranded at the Belarusian border 

The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Al-Sahaf, announced today, Friday, the dropping of the fines imposed on the Iraqis stranded at the Belarusian borders. 

Al-Sahaf said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "within one month, the ministry has been coordinating high, and to date we have managed to run 10 exceptional flights to bring back those wishing to return voluntarily."  

He added, "The evacuation flight to return those wishing to return voluntarily for this day carried 258 Iraqis," noting that "through the efforts of the embassies of the Republic of Iraq in Moscow and Warsaw, our consular delegations continue to work in the field by registering the names of those wishing to return and proving the pastoralism of others."  

Al-Sahaf continued, "We have so far succeeded in returning 3,817 Iraqis within 10 trips," noting that "518 laissez-passer passports have been granted so far, and we are coordinating humanitarian support in the field in Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland." 

He pointed out that "with the efforts of the ministry and through the embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Moscow and in coordination with the authorities in Belarus, we were able to drop the financial fines resulting from violating the residency conditions, for the total of those who were voluntarily returned, in the amount of more than seven hundred and seventy thousand dollars."