The EU-European Union will be held on the 24th after former Soviet-Belarus authorities landed a civilian airliner flying in the territory at its airport and detained an anti-government journalist on board. At the summit meeting, we will discuss measures including sanctions on the administration side.
Belarusian officials guided a civilian airliner from Greece to Lithuania flying in the air on a military fighter plane to land at the airport in the capital Minsk, and the anti-government journalist Roman Protasevic was on board. Was restrained.
Belarusian state media reported that the authorities made an emergency landing based on information that an explosive was set on the airliner, but no explosive was found.
The international community has accused Mr. Protasevic of being detained from the beginning.
EU President Josep Borrell will discuss the issue at the EU Summit on the 24th, and EU High Representative Borrell said in a statement, "We will consider measures including measures for the person responsible for this issue" to Belarus. We will discuss measures including sanctions.
Meanwhile, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has not officially responded, but the Foreign Ministry has released a comment saying that "the actions of the authorities were completely based on international rules," and there was a problem with the authorities' response. I emphasized that it wasn't.