The current government of Belarus canceled the validity of all accreditation cards of journalists of foreign media without warning.

As stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country, in this way the paragraph of the Concept of Information Security of Belarus is being implemented that “the most important target of ensuring information security is the information sovereignty” of Belarus.

“In the current situation, we are forced to exercise our sovereign right and apply the necessary protective measures,” the ministry said..

These measures, in particular, are contained in the new version of the Regulation on the procedure for accrediting foreign journalists in Belarus, which was adopted by the Council of Ministers of the country, the report says, but the text of the document is promised to be made public later..

Now in the message the listed measures, according to the Foreign Ministry, should facilitate the accreditation procedures; about "

According to the ministry, they plan to start accepting applications for new accreditation from Monday, October 5.

At the same time, the message noted that the priority in accreditation will now be given to citizens of those countries where their media are registered..

As stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, the new regulation on accreditation will allow "