“I think it would be a reasonable measure to protect us, because we have endangered the lives of Europeans,” the diplomat said on the air of BFMTV.

He called the actions of Minsk "an act of state piracy, which cannot go unpunished."

In addition, Bon stressed the importance of building a dialogue with Russia in connection with the incident.

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called the West's reaction to the incident shocking.

The Ryanair plane, flying from Athens to Vilnius, on May 23 urgently landed in Minsk due to a report of a bomb on board.

Information about mining was not confirmed.

The founder of the NEXTA Telegram channel recognized in Belarus as extremist, Roman Protasevich, was flying in the liner, who was detained after landing.