U.S. and EU parliamentarians call on ICAO to immediately investigate Ryanair incident
<p> MINSK, May 24 - PrimePress. Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. Congress Robert Menendez (Democrat of New Jersey), as well as several parliamentarians from the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic on May 23, 2021 called on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to immediately investigate the incident with the Ryanair plane in Belarus, TASS agency reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> In addition, the statement called on the NATO and EU countries to impose sanctions against the Belarusian leadership and “suspend its ability to use Interpol and other international organizations for further attacks on democracy in Europe”. “These reckless actions have put the passengers and crew in great danger,” reads the statement. </p> <p> </p> <p> The parliamentarians also called on the Belarusian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release Roman Protasevich and all other political prisoners”. End </p>
2021-05-25
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U.S. and EU parliamentarians call on ICAO to immediately investigate Ryanair incident
MINSK, May 24 - PrimePress. Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. Congress Robert Menendez (Democrat of New Jersey), as well as several parliamentarians from the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic on May 23, 2021 called on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to immediately investigate the incident with the Ryanair plane in Belarus, TASS agency reports.
In addition, the statement called on the NATO and EU countries to impose sanctions against the Belarusian leadership and “suspend its ability to use Interpol and other international organizations for further attacks on democracy in Europe”. “These reckless actions have put the passengers and crew in great danger,” reads the statement.
The parliamentarians also called on the Belarusian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release Roman Protasevich and all other political prisoners”. End