According to the directive approved by the department, airplanes of airlines from Belarus are prohibited from flying in Greek airspace and landing at Greek airports, and airplanes of airlines from Greece are ordered to avoid flights in the Minsk region.
The ban is valid until July 5.
The Greek Civil Aviation Authority directive does not apply “in the event of an emergency landing or emergency air transit, or in the event that landing, take-off or air transit is necessary for humanitarian purposes.”
June 4 European Union closed the airspace for Belarus after the incident with the Ryanair plane flying from Athens to Vilnius on May 23 and in Minsk emergency landing allegedly due to a mining report (subsequently no explosives were found on board the vessel). “To escort” the plane on behalf of Alexander Lukashenko, who considers himself President of Belarus was raised fighter of the Belarusian Air Force.
After checking the board, the Belarusian special services removed from the flight and detained one of the founders of the Belarusian opposition Telegram channel NEXTA Protasevich and his girlfriend, a Russian woman, Sofia Sapega (in Minsk, several more people got off the plane, Ryanair suspects they were KGB agents Belarus, Lukashenka denies). Sapega was arrested, her and Protasevich recognized as political prisoners.
On the evening of May 24 a video with Protasevich appeared, in which he says that he is in remand prison No. 1 in Minsk, cooperates with the investigation and gives confessions “on the fact of organizing mass riots in Minsk.” In Europe, it was noted that on the face of a journalist traces of beating were visible.
The prosecution of Protasevich is associated with the NEXTA Telegram channel. The public gained wide recognition last summer thanks to its lighting and coordination protestswhich began after the announcement presidential election results.
Countries ES, USA, Canada, Ukraine and other states condemned the actions of the Belarusian authorities and called for the immediate release of the detainees.
Next totran vvel restrictions on air traffic with Belarus. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from May 26 He has made a decision stop air traffic with Belarus, but from May 29 banned Belarusian planes use the airspace of Ukraine.
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