Last Updated: Absolutely Reasonable Approach : Russia Defends Belarus In Ryanair Emergency Landing
Russia has defended Belarus’ use of military jet to divert passenger plane carrying a dissident, an act Western leaders have widely criticised.
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Russian officials have defended Belarus use of military jet to divert passenger plane carrying a dissident, termed by Western leaders as an act of state terrorism . While, the European Union has agreed to levy new sanctions on Minsk, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov has said that the country treated the incident with an absolutely reasonable approach , as reported by Ruptly after Lavrov and his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendiasc held a joint press conference after bilateral talks in Sochi on May 24. Belarusian authorities detained journalist Roman Pratasevich on Monday, a staunch opponent of President Alexander Lukashenko, after coercively diverting his flight. The incident has triggered massive critic fr
On 23 May, blogger Raman Pratasevich was detained by Belarusian security forces at Minsk National Airport, following the forced landing of a Ryanair passenger plane.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the special EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, 24 May 2021. EU leaders discussed the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk, Belarus on 23 May. Photo: AAP via EPA/Yves Herman
25 May 2021 10:52am
The European Union leaders discussed the diversion of the Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania by Belarus, and agreed to a new round of sanctions against the country.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a jet fighter to force a plane carrying dissident journalist Roman Potasevich, an outspoken critic of the Belarusian authoritarian regime, to land in order to arrest him.