“It’s not a problem to recall the ambassador. This is also a gesture, this is very serious. But now we have a lot of humanitarian issues. We do not have a political dialogue, our ambassador is not engaged in political dialogue with Belarus. He is engaged in humanitarian issues. transplant problems with our patients“, – he said.
Context:
On May 23, a fighter of the Belarusian Air Force on behalf of Alexander Lukashenko, who considers himself President of Belarus was raised “to escort” the Ryanair plane, which en route from Athens to Vilnius. The Belarusian authorities argued that the reason for the landing was the message about the mining of the vessel (subsequently no explosives were found on board).
After the check, the Belarusian special services removed from the flight and detained Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega (in Minsk several more people got off the plane, in Ryanair suspects they were KGB agents Belarus, Lukashenka denies). Sapega was arrested, her and Protasevich recognized as political prisoners.
The prosecution of Protasevich is linked to the NEXTA Telegram channel. The public gained wide popularity last summer thanks to its coverage and coordination of the protests that began after the announcement of the results of the presidential elections in Belarus.
Countries ES, USA, Canada, Ukraine and other states condemned the actions of the Belarusian authorities and called for the immediate release of the detainees.
Heads of EU countries May 25 agreed to expand sanctions against Belarus due to the arrest of Protasevich. The day before, the European Council urged to ban Belarusian airlines use the airspace of European countries.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine made a decision stop air traffic with Belarus from May 26. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus sent a note of protest to Ukraine because of this “outrageous decision”.
On May 25, it became known that due to the imposed sanctions, the leadership Belavia decided to cut 50% of its personnel… Part employees plan send on unpaid vacations or with partial salaries.
– .
