BBC: Belarus diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist, says opposition https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57219860
CNN: Belarus activist arrested after fighter jet intercepts his Ryanair flight https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/23/e...ntl/index.html
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DW: Belarus flight: Germany demands explanation of diversion, arrest https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-flight...est/a-57636440
Political figures across Europe have already called for the EU and Nato to intervene.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warned the "outlandish action" would have "serious implications". Lithuania called for EU countries to jointly recommend that planes avoid Belarusian airspace, to summon Belarusian ambassadors, and to protest against the use of military aircraft to divert commercial flights. European Council chairman Charles Michel said EU leaders would discuss "this unprecedented incident" tomorrow at a Council summit and it would not "remain without consequences".
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warned the "outlandish action" would have "serious implications". Lithuania called for EU countries to jointly recommend that planes avoid Belarusian airspace, to summon Belarusian ambassadors, and to protest against the use of military aircraft to divert commercial flights. European Council chairman Charles Michel said EU leaders would discuss "this unprecedented incident" tomorrow at a Council summit and it would not "remain without consequences".
US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher condemned the government in a series of tweets Sunday.
"Lukashenka and his regime today showed again its contempt for international community and its citizens," Fisher wrote. "Faking a bomb threat and sending MiG-29s to force @RyanAir to Minsk in order to arrest a @Nexta journalist on politically motivated charges is dangerous and abhorrent."
"Lukashenka and his regime today showed again its contempt for international community and its citizens," Fisher wrote. "Faking a bomb threat and sending MiG-29s to force @RyanAir to Minsk in order to arrest a @Nexta journalist on politically motivated charges is dangerous and abhorrent."
DW: Belarus flight: Germany demands explanation of diversion, arrest https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-flight...est/a-57636440
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called for there to be "clear consequences" for the government in Minsk. "The fact that a flight between two EU states was forced to make a stopover under the pretext of a bomb threat is a serious interference in civil air traffic in Europe," said Maas. "We are very concerned about reports that journalist Roman Pratasevich was arrested this way," he added. The German Foreign Ministry's state secretary Miguel Berger had earlier written on Twitter that Berlin demanded an "immediate explanation" of the events.
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the incident was "unacceptable" and called for a "firm and united response."
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the incident was "unacceptable" and called for a "firm and united response."
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