Belarus on Friday barred three
centre-left Italian MPs from flying to the country.
Former House Speaker Laura Boldrini and MPs Lia Quartapelle and
Emanuele Fiano were prevented from boarding a Rome-Minsk flight.
They were said to have 'persona non grata' status in Belarus
after comments against President Alexander Lukashenko's
allegedly rigged re-election.
Two other Democratic Party (PD) MPs, former justice minister
Andrea Orlando and Barbara
Pollastrini, were allowed onto the flight.
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