Belarus police detained journalist Raman Pratasevich (centre) in Minsk, Belarus, on May 23. (Source: AP/TASR)
Several top representatives of Slovakia were critical of the recent landing of a commercial plane in Belarus due to an alleged bomb threat, after which the Belarusian authorities detained journalist and opposition activist Raman Pratasevich, who faces a life sentence or even the death penalty.
“I condemn the forced landing of the civilian flight by the Belarusian regime under the politically motivated pretext of a terrorist threat,” Slovakia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korčok (SaS nominee) commented on Sunday night. On Monday, the ministry summoned the Belarusian chargé d’affaires and told him to convey “fundamental disagreement with this politically motivated step of the Belarusian regime regarding a false bomb threat claim that jeopardized the safety of more than 170 passengers, including EU citizens.”