Lavrov: Assess the situation with the Ryanair aircraft with a calm mind

The Russian Foreign Minister demanded the assessment with calm and not in warmth of what happened around the landing of the passenger plane in Minsk, Belarus Sergei Lavrov.

«We are in favor of assessing this situation not in the heat, not in a hurry, but on the basis of all available information“The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed that the readiness of his government to act on this issue in a transparent manner, to be ready to follow all international rules and to guarantee full including, where appropriate, the reception of international experts “.

Sergei Lavrov answering a question from the Russian agency Tass during a press conference with his Greek counterpart who took place after their meeting He described the approach as “absolutely reasonable” and reiterated that the Belarusian Foreign Ministry was ready to “present all the necessary materials to confirm, as stated, that the relevant aviation authorities have acted in accordance with international law”.

As Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova had earlier on her Facebook account, Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by the Athens News Agency that he had “two incidents” which he claimed were “respectively”: “The 2013 episode, when, at the insistence of the US, Austria forced the Bolivian president’s plane to land without apologizing and the incident, which is not so often talked about, when in 2016, a Belarusian Airlines plane was forced to land in Kiev, as the The Security Service of Ukraine was interested in an Armenian citizen who was riding in it. “This citizen was” removed “from the flight and the plane continued its flight, also without any special apology”.

The Russian minister also focused on his “girlfriend” arrested by the Belarusian authorities Roman Protashevich, who is a Russian national and also remained or is being held in Minsk. The Russian authorities have already contacted her father and the Russian embassy has addressed the Belarusian Foreign Minister to, according to Sergei Lavrov, “provide information about our citizen and allow her access to our consular authorities.”

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