“I turned to the President of the European Council with a request to expand the agenda of tomorrow's European Council with an item on immediate sanctions against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.
The hijacking of a civilian plane is an unprecedented act of state terrorism that cannot go unpunished, ”he wrote on his Twitter page.
Earlier, a Ryanair plane on a flight from Athens to Vilnius urgently landed in Minsk.
According to reports, this was due to a bomb report on board.
The founder of the NEXTA Telegram channel recognized as extremist in Belarus, Roman Protasevich, was flying in this airliner, who was detained after landing.
According to the latest data, the Investigative Committee of Belarus opened a criminal case in connection with the false mining of the plane.