Lithuania closed its airspace on aircraft carrying Slovak and Serbian leaders to Moscow

Lithuania closed its airspace on airplanes carrying Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitso and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic for Moscow, where they will attend the big military parade on Red Square on Friday. Fitso and Vucic are among the leaders who are expected to attend the commemoration of the day of victory that Russia celebrates every year on May 9th. “The decisions are negative,” said Lithuanian President Gitana Naoussea in a video posted by a 15min news website, in a question he received about flight licenses for Fitso and Vucic. Aircraft traveling between Russia and Europe usually use Lithuania’s airspace since European carriers were informed in 2021 to avoid the shortest route via Belarus in the context of Minsk punishment measures in response to a forced landing […]
Source: News Beast

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