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No comment from the Kremlin on “state hijacking”

The Kremlin made it clear today that it would not comment on the Ryanair plane crash. which was forced to land in Minsk where an dissident journalist was arrested, believing that the situation must be addressed in terms of whether it complies with the regulations governing international airlines.

“I definitely want to be clear: I will not comment on the Ryanair plane” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov told reporters, drawing attention to the fact that “there are specific international regulations governing aviation,” the AMB reported.

“And the international aviation authorities have to make an assessment in this case in terms of whether or not they comply with these international regulations,” the Kremlin spokesman said, adding: “I can not comment on this situation.” .

The representative of the Russian president He also declined to comment on allegations by the Belarussian opposition that “Russian agents” were on board the Ryanair aircraft. “No, this is the last thing I would like to comment on,” he said in response to a question. “We do not have such information, who was there, as they claim. In that case, there is no comment. “

Peshkov claimed that the Kremlin had no information about the arrest of Russians aboard the plane. “No, the Kremlin has no information. “But again, in accordance with international regulations, the Belarusian side will inform our embassy about the arrest of a Russian citizen or Russian citizens and there will be relevant information,” Peshkov said, thus commenting on the information about the arrest in Minsk of a Russian woman, who was aboard the said flight, and answering the question whether Moscow plans to take any measures to return the Russian citizens to their homeland.

The Kremlin spokesman also said he did not know why some Russian citizens did not later board the flight from Minsk to Vilnius and could not comment.

Asked whether Western calls for sanctions against Belarus over the Ryanair plane crash would affect Russia-US relations, given the close partnership between Moscow and Minsk, Peshkov said: “I would not be involved in the case. all together, yet they are different things. “It just has to be soberly evaluated with this aircraft.”

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