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Iraqis' entry visas to Syria put into
force
10.9.2007
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September
10, 2007
Duhok, Kurdistan region (Iraq), -- The
decision to impose a visa requirement on Iraqis
seeking entering Syria put into force on Monday
morning, an official source in al-Rabeeayia border
checkpoint with Syria, noting that truck and cab
drivers are giving a one-year visa for USD 200.
"Iraqis have to resort to the Syrian embassy in
Baghdad to obtain the visa," the source said.
"The decision excludes Iraqi diplomats who seek to
enter Syria," he also said.
"The crossing point became empty from travelers,"
the source noted.
For their part, a number of owners of transport and
travel companies in Zakho said that the visa
decision affected negatively on their work, because
it decreased the number of Iraqis who travel to
Syria and vice versa.
Syria Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem had informed
his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zibari about his
country's decision to require visas from Iraqi
nationals as of September 10.
Moallem asked the Iraqi government to cooperate in
this regard.
VOI
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