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Lithuania asks UN agency to declare Belarusian airspace unsafe
BNS2021.05.25 16:26
Vilnius Airport (associative image) / D. Umbrasas/LRT
Lithuania has asked the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to declare Belarus airspace unsafe and launch an investigation into the recent forced landing in Minsk of a Vilnius-bound passenger plane.
According to Lithuania s Transport Ministry, Lithuania has officially turned to the UN agency over the incident on Sunday. Lithuania is officially asking the ICAO to launch an international investigation into all circumstances of this incident and is ready to provide all information for such an investigation,” Lithuanian Transport Minister Marius Skuodis said in a statement on Tuesday. “We are also asking to declare the Belarusian airspace unsafe.