State-sponsored air piracy: Belarus dictator tests the international community
Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka sparked international uproar on May 23 by forcing an EU airliner to land in Minsk and detaining a dissident Belarusian journalist among the plane s passengers. (Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/TASS via REUTERS)
European leaders agreed to a series of sanctions measures against Belarus on May 24, the day after the East European nation sparked uproar by forcing an EU passenger jet to land in Minsk and abducting a high-profile dissident passenger. The rapid EU decision to press forward with a new round of sanctions underscored widespread alarm over Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s actions and the challenge they pose to the rules-based international order.
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The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign.
Belarusian journalist and opposition activist Raman Pratasevich was arrested in Minsk after a Ryanair flight was grounded due to a bomb scare BELARUS could face further sanctions as European leaders discuss how to respond to the diversion of a Ryanair flight to enable to arrest of a political opponent. EU leaders are to hold emergency talks over the situation where 26-year-old journalist Raman Pratasevich was arrested by Belarusian authorities after the plane he was on was diverted to Minsk due to a bomb scare. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has also said he is working with allies on a coordinated response, stating that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko must be held to account for his “outlandish actions”.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union on Monday summoned Aleksandr Mikhnevich, the Belarusian ambassador to the EU, to express protest over the incident with the.