BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) (ITALPRESS) – The European Council strongly condemns the forced landing of the Ryanair flight in Minsk (Belarus) on May 23, 2021, “which endangered air safety, and the detention by the Belarusian authorities of the journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega “. This is what we read in the conclusions of the meeting of EU heads of state and government which took place in Brussels. The European Council “demands that Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega be released immediately and that their freedom of movement be guaranteed; calls on the International Civil Aviation Organization to urgently investigate this unacceptable and unprecedented incident; calls on the Council to adopt further listings of persons and entities on the basis of the relevant sanctions framework as soon as possible; calls on the Council to adopt further targeted economic sanctions and invites the High Representative and the Commission to submit proposals to this effect without delay. ” Furthermore, the European Council “asks all EU-based carriers to avoid overflight of Belarus; asks the Council to take the necessary measures to ban Belarusian airlines from flying over the EU airspace and prevent flights operated by these airlines to access EU airports; expresses solidarity with Latvia following the unjustified expulsion of Latvian diplomats “. (ITALPRESS). sat / com 25-May-21 08:39
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