British Parliament: “Stop all flights over Belarus”

Stop flying over it Belarus requested from the civil airlines on Monday (24/5) the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament.

Tom Tagenhad was prompted by the forced diversion of a Ryanair airliner following an order from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and the arrest of a dissident journalist on board.

Belarus on Sunday (23/5) sent an Air Force pursuer to intercept a Ryanair Boeing 737 en route to Vilnius, Lithuania, citing a bomb on the aircraft, the forced to land in Minsk. According to the Athenian News Agency, journalist Roman Protasevic was arrested there.

«We must stop aircraft flying over BelarusSaid Tom Tagenhead, speaking to Times Radio.

«It is an act of hijacking, combined with blackmail, which is ultimately linked to abduction“, He complained.

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