I spoke this evening with Ms Svetlana Tikhanovskaya following the diversion yesterday by the Belarusian authorities of a Ryanair commercial flight and the arrest of Mr Roman Protassevich and Ms Sofia Sapega upon arrival in Minsk.
France condemns these acts most firmly. They are a serious and illegal violation of international civil aviation safety and of European security interests, concerning the diversion of a flight operated by a European airline between two European Union capitals, (…)
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs – Actualités
