Six members of the UN Security Council regarded the Minsk incident with the Ryanair liner as an attempt on European security

Six current members of the UN Security Council (Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, USA, France, Estonia), as well as Belgium and Germany condemned the Ryanair incident as “an encroachment on European Security,” and announced the intention to ensure that the official Minsk was responsible for this, TASS reports .

“We sharply condemn the forced landing of the Ryanair aircraft on May 23, 2021 <...>. Such actions are an outright attack on the international security of civil aviation messages and European security, ”the document adopted by the countries indicated.

In addition, members of the UN Security Council demanded the immediate liberation of the opposition to the authorities of Belarus by the journalist and blogger Roman Protasevich.

The board of Ryanair, the flight of Athena - Vilnius, on May 23, was urgently imprisoned at the Minsk airport. It contained the founder of the opposition Belarusian Telegram channel Nexta Roman Protasevich and his friend, Russian citizen Sofya Sapga. They both were detained during the inspection of passengers at the airport. The 23-year-old Sapega was arrested for two months and placed in the Minsk pre-trial detention center of the KGB. Her lawyer said that the girl is suspected of committing a criminal-quoted act and that he had to give a subscription to non-disclosure of the case file. On the same day, the Belarusian pro-government telegram channel “Yellow Plums” published a video in which Sapega says that he is the editor of the Black Book of Belarus, the personal data of the security forces publish the personal data of the security forces.

The authorities of Belarus stated that they had a threat to blow up the plane in a letter that they wrote on behalf of “Hamas Soldiers”. The Palestinian group said that these were not her methods and condemned Belarus for trying to involve her in a situation related to the detention of an oppositionist.

President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that a message about the mining of the Ryanair aircraft came from Switzerland. According to Lukashenko, a terrorist was on board the flight, they knew about this outside Belarus. He added that "ill -wishers from the outside, and within the country, changed the methods of attacking the state." The official representative of the Federal Office for International Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of Switzerland Pierre-Alan Elttinger, in response to this, stated that the Swiss authorities were not related to reports on the mining of the aircraft.

On the eve of the Depthrans of Belarus, he published the decryption of negotiations of the dispatcher of the Minsk airport and pilots of the aircraft. It followed from it that the aircraft was put on the recommendation of the Belarusian side.

Lukashenko demanded compensation from the European Union for landing the Ryanair aircraft in Minsk on May 23. He also stated that he was “a hybrid war” and threatened the West by the world war against Belarus.

“If you are preparing the next package of sanctions, then do not forget to compensate for the costs that the Belarusian side suffered during the investigation of the incident. The Ministry of Emergencies, the Ministry of Health, sappers, dog handlers, anti -terror and other services that were raised by my team. After all, they were involved in accordance with international rules and our laws. We must pay for it, ”said Lukashenko.

The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, commenting on the incident with Ryanair, during his performance in the Senate (this is the upper house of the national parliament) said that the European Union intends to take new sanctions against Minsk in this regard. “We will go even further, because the decision of the European Council on Monday talks about the preparation of new sanctions in addition to those that have already been adopted during the election in Belarus,” he said . According to the Foreign Minister Foreign Ministry, the EU intends to take sanctions not only against individuals, but also against Belarusian institutions, "in order to make it difficult to act in Europe, conduct trade affairs and use the capabilities of its market."