 The Council of Ministers was ordered to propose a different kind of a citizen border control by 31 December 2005.By a Presidential decree issued on 17 December 2007, permission stamps were finally abolished.As of October 2018, Belarusian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 77 countries and territories, ranking the Belarusian passport 68th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.