{"id":208981,"date":"2026-10-26T12:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208981\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T12:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:30:16","slug":"envoy-says-150000-belarusians-visit-uae-annually","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208981\/","title":{"rendered":"Envoy says 150,000 Belarusians visit UAE annually"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 26, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>About 150,000 Belarusian tourists visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) every year, Ihar Bie\u0142yj, Belarusian ambassador to the UAE, told the state-run Belarus 1<\/em> TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur people, Belarusians, really love the Emirates,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bie\u0142yj\u2019s estimates contrast with the official data from the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat), which said 78,100 Belarusian tourists visited the UAE in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the Days of Belarusian Culture held in the UAE last week, the diplomat called for efforts to attract more tourists from the UAE to Belarus. \u201cI hope that in the very near future we will see specific steps and tangible results from our work,\u201d Bie\u0142yj said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late May, Belarus\u2019 flagship carrier Bie\u0142avija resumed regular flights to Dubai after suspending air passenger service for several weeks over a lack of necessary permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian exports to the UAE have soared 62 times since 2021, with investments quadrupling, according to earlier Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of publicly available data from 2021 and recent reports. Over the past few years, Minsk has also intensified military cooperation with the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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