30 September 2016, 09:17 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Belgian authorities may include passenger registration for international trains as well as other means of transport in the new security program being elaborated by the government, Belgium newspaper Le Soir reported, citing unnamed sources.
According to the newspaper, The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) have already written to Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, Interior Minister Jan Jambon, and Minister of Transport Francois Bellot, to question the practicality of the registration for the railways and its negative effect on the attractiveness of this means of transportation.
The government decided to consider new security measures after a series of blasts hit Brussels Airport and a metro station located near the EU institutions in the center of the city on March 22, killing 32 and injuring over 300 people. The Islamic State jihadist group, outlawed in many countries including Russia, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
