“I welcome the decision of the Iraqi government to suspend all flights to Minsk,” Landsbergis wrote on his Twitter.

I welcome the decision of Iraqi government to suspend all flights to Minsk.

Only working together we may dismantle networks of smuggling people to the EU.

I do expect other airlines to suspend the flights to #Belarus

- Gabrielius Landsbergis (@GLandsbergis) August 7, 2021

According to him, Baghdad and Vilnius can stop “human smuggling into the EU” only by working together.

He noted that he is awaiting a decision by other airlines to stop flights to Belarus.

Earlier, the Iraqi authorities decided to suspend all passenger flights to Minsk.