MINSK, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Minsk subway will operate in a increased vigilance mode, the press secretary of the enterprise Minsk subway Andrei Kuzmin told local media on Monday.
The official said that now Minsk subway is working in a mode of increased vigilance after a metro explosion took place earlier on Monday in Russia's Saint Petersburg. He added that this regime would not affect the traffic schedule of trains and passengers.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry is trying to find out whether Belarusian citizens are among the victims of the explosion in St. Petersburg.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who is visiting St. Petersburg on Monday, expressed his condolences over the metro explosion in St. Petersburg at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the press service of the Belarusian president said.
