Belarus' state-run airline said on Friday that it is banning Syrians, Iraqis and Yemenis from incoming flights from Turkey at Ankara's request after Minsk was accused of bringing in migrants to send onto the European Union.
In a statement to citizens of the three countries posted on its website, Belavia said they would not be allowed on flights from Turkey to Belarus as of Friday "in accordance with the decision of competent authorities in Turkey".
Turkey's aviation authority has also said that it is to ban Iraqis, Syrians and Yemenis from travelling to Belarus.
Nationals of Iraq, Syria and Yemen are banned "from buying tickets and boarding for Belarus from Turkey's airports," Turkey's General Directorate of Aviation said on Friday.
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