Thu. Sep 19th, 2024

Brussels, 24/05/2021 – 20:00

Today we are going to have a special point on the agenda which was not on the agenda a couple of days ago. As you can imagine, I am talking about the forced landing of this Ryanair plane in Minsk, that we consider completely unacceptable, as much as the arrest of two passengers [Raman Pratasevich and his partner, Sofia Sapega]. We are asking for their immediate release. We are going to discuss about the measures to be taken, because this cannot go without consequences. And it will take, I suppose, an important part of the meeting of the European Union Council.

For sure we will discuss about the other issues on the agenda but this will be maybe the most important aspect to discuss and I hope there will be some important guidance in order to take measures against [the regime of] Belarus.

Thank you

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