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These countries have responded with statements to the incident, when a Ryanair plane landed in Minsk, reports rbc.ru. Valentin Rybakov, head of the Permanent Representation of Belarus, informed the Russian news agency RIA Novosti about the sent note.
“We have sent a protest note with the same content. In it we declare that the publication of any opinion on the incident and any evaluation of the incident, pending the investigation and the results, is a clear violation of the sovereignty of the member states of the UN, “Rybakov said.
In his opinion, no statements can be made until the competent authorities have carried out a formal investigation (mainly the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO).
ICAO will investigate the landing of a passenger liner in Belarus
The United Nations Civil Aviation Agency said Thursday it was investigating Ryanair’s landing in Belarus and the arrest of a dissident journalist who had flown there.
At the time, airlines reported that Russia had blocked some flights from Europe in the wake of a diplomatic dispute.
The G7 countries also demanded that Minsk release journalist Raman Pratasevich, and the European Union’s foreign policy chief threatened harsh economic sanctions.
The Council of the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) “has decided to carry out an investigation to establish the facts of the incident,” according to the report.
The council was “emphasized by the importance of establishing the facts of what happened, as well as understanding whether any ICAO member has violated international aviation law in any way.”
The authoritarian Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenko, strongly backed by Moscow, sparked international outrage by ordering a fighter jet to be dispatched to take over a Ryanair liner from Athens-Vilnius on Sunday that had the 26-year-old Pratasevic and her friend. 23-year-old Sofia. Sapega.
R. Pratasevic was last seen in a video posted by the Belarusian authorities on Monday. The young man, who looked at him nervously, spoke of giving “confessions” about allegations that he had helped organize mass riots in Belarus. You can be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for such a crime.
“I want you to extend our call to the whole world, to the representatives of governments, the EU countries, the leaders of the EU, the leaders of the United States: I appeal to you, I beg you to help free my son, “said Natalia, Pratasevičius’s mother. remarkably excited with reporters in Warsaw.
His father, Jmitry, said Thursday that his son is a “strong man” and a “hero.”
“All his life he fought for the truth and spread it to the people, that’s why Lukashenko committed this unpleasant act,” said his father.
Inesa Alenskaya, a lawyer for the detained Belarusian activist and blogger Ramanas Pratasevičius, said Thursday that she had managed to meet with her client.
“We managed to reach the defendant today. I have signed [pasižadėjimą neviešinti informacijos], I cannot give you more details, “said the lawyer.
Mr. Alenskaya added that he could not say exactly where he was being detained and what his condition was.
He said R. Pratasevičius was “alive and well.”
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