Western countries accuse Belarus of state piracy and seek ways to respond to Lukashenko’s provocative action to divert the aircraft of Ryanair on the Athens-Vilnius flight, forcing him to land in the Belarusian capital to arrest a pro-government journalist, 26-year-old Roman Protasevic, along with his fellow traveler and partner, 23-year-old Vilnius University student S.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary spoke of state hijacking and stated that he believes that KGB agents (Russian and Belarusian secret services) had boarded the plane from Athens and disembarked in Minsk.
This means that Ryanair has the passport details of these agents who disappeared after disembarkation and other information that could assist in the investigation.
The Lithuanian police chief said 126 passengers had left Athens airport and 121 had finally arrived in Vilnius. He added that he would not comment on those who stayed in Minsk.
The conviction that the plane was also carrying intelligence agents was expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, Simon Cowney.
“Five or six people boarded. “Only one was arrested, which means they were secret service people,” he said.
Belarus’ secret services have retained their Russian name, a Soviet-era legacy, and remain “KGB,” according to AMBE.

The case at today’s summit
The case will dominate the talks at the European summit scheduled for today, but the ways of response are limited, as broadcast by AMPE. Brussels and Washington have already imposed a series of financial sanctions on Minsk since last year for the brutal crackdown on anti-Lukashenko protests following his controversial re-election as president.
These sanctions did not affect the behavior of Alexander Lukeshanko, a close ally of Moscow. Belarussian officials, who are barred from traveling and doing business in the European Union and the United States, have been hit.
The suspension of flights in the airspace of Belarus is being considered
Another measure being discussed is bypassing Belarus airspace on international flights.
Already, the Latvian airline airBaltic is the first company to announce that it will not use Belarusian airspace on its flights.
France and its European partners are working on measures to suspend flights to Belarusian airspace and to ban landing of Belavia’s national airline aircraft at European Union airports, the French presidency has announced.
We are working on a package of measures in addition to sanctions against persons and it is possible that we will stop the land crossings with the EU, according to a source in the office of Emanuel Macron.

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