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~\GREEMENT BE~"WEE}I TJ::JE. GOVEIUlMEItT OF

BEPUBLIC OF B'E:LARUS )l.ND THE GOVERNMEN.I Q[

nUllA OI{ VISA-FREE TRAVEL QE. ~OVERNMENT OFFICIl\LS

The Government of the Republic of Belarus and the

!Government of the Republic of India hereinafter referred to,:

:fas the "Contnwt:,tm1 Parthls",I,

i DESIROUS to further develop and strengthen the friendly:1

~relations on the basis of equality and mutual benefit,

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11. Citizens of the Republ~c of Belarus, with valid

tdlplomatio and official passports of the Republic of Balaru5

~nd the citizens of the Republic of India with diplomatic andI:

~officidl passports, as ~ell as minor children, included in

! hese passports, may enter, exit or transit through theli

fterritory of the other Contractina Party without visa.

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l~ontracting parties.

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1!~thrOUgh the b~rdor posts of the othe~ Contracting Party, openf or internat10nal Passenoer traftlc, and are oblioed toi'

i':r::ornp1.""te neCE!SSary formalities in aCGordanc~ ""l.th the rulesjl'1

'I~nd regU~ation51 formulated and e~forced by the competent;brganisatl0ns of the other Contractlno Party.

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ti\'d The present aqreement does not restrict the right ofll,

'Il both the contracting Part:es to refuse entry or curtailt duration of stay on it_s t_131'd.tory of "persona non grata"'i'~ non-acceptable persons of the other Contractig Party withoutIf

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it Of partial enforcl3ment of the pre::ient aqreement

It grounds of la'ool and order, state seGl.lr·ity or public~However. till the adoption or revocation of the abovell:

I!~mentioned s l!:!ps 1 each of the Cont ractinq Pa rti.eslto inform the other contractino Party about theseI

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~tll. B~;:-for0 th~ present_ aq)"AE!1118nt comes into force I

\l~contrac't]_ng Part)e~; must_ GdI-ry out t.imely exchange.1

;~pecimens of passports, env~5aaed in srticle 1 of the presentf~a9reement. III rough d i nloma.tic cflannels.1,1

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Till the issue of diplomatic and official passports of

the Republic of Belarus, the citizens of the Republic of

Belacus may use the diplomatic and official passports of the

former U.S.S.R. instead of passports of the Republic of

Belarus as mentioned in Article 1 of the present agreement.

These passports, however, must oarry a note indicatino that

the bearer is indeed a citizen of Belarus.

The pre:3ent apreern,~tlt may be modified or am.ended by

mutual consent of the Contracting Parties and enter into

force through exchange of not€!5.

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I the Contracting Parties eives to the other a written notice

I ninety days in advance of its intention to terminate this11

~agreement from the date of its expiry.11

I Signing at New Delhi on this 14th day of May 1993 in

Itwo originals each in Belarusian, Hindi and

d languages, all the texts beino equally authentic.~ -t~11

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