Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Puzzchenko held telephone conversations with the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishoustin, during which he informed him about an emergency landing incident in Minsk Airline of the Airlines Ryanair. This was reported by the press secretary of the head of the Government of Belarus Alexander Isaev in Facebook .
According to her, the Prime Ministers also discussed the schedule of the nearest contacts at the government level and the course of work on the Allied Programs.
“The head of the Belarusian government, as part of the provision of coordinated actions of Belarus and Russia in the field of foreign policy, informed its Russian colleague about the current situation with landing in Minsk the aircraft of the Ryanair company and those unfriendly and provocative actions of European states that are being taken against Belarus “,” Written Isaev.
According to Isaeva, Latvian officials are especially allocated, “committed an unacceptable act” in relation to the State Flag of the Republic. She noted that this contradicts all the norms of interstate relations, in connection with the incident in the Belarusian side, “adequate response measures” were adopted.
Earlier, the Mayor of Riga Martins Stakis, together with the Foreign Minister Latvia Edgar Rinkevich, replaced the Belarusian flag on the white-red-white stamp with the “pursuit”. The city currently passes the World Hockey Championship.
On May 23, the Airline of the Ryanair airline, following the route Athens – Vilnius, after reports of mining arrived from Minsk airport, made an emergency landing in Minsk. To accompany the aircraft, the Fighter MiG-29 of the Air Force of Belarus was raised. Immediately after landing, Belarusian security forces detained on board Protasevich. Data on explosive devices on board the liner was not confirmed. The Motherland Protasevich is accused of creating extremist formation and calls to mass riots after the presidential elections in August 2020.