Press Secretary of the White House Jen Psaki stated that the United States together with the European Union would develop sanctions against Belarusian officials due to the incident with the Ryanair aircraft. This is reported by TASS.
USA in coordination with the EU, other partners and allies work on sanctions against representatives of the Belarusian authorities related to “continuing violations of human rights, corruption, falsification of elections of 2020 and events on May 23,” Mixed Psaki.
According to her, on June 3, Washington will also return previously removed sanctions against the nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises. In addition, the United States will suspend the contract with Belarus on the mutual use of airspace, has concluded a press secretary.
On May 27, the head of the international diplomacy of the EU Jozep Borrel stated that the European Union discusses the two main directions for new sanctions against Belarus – the export of potash fertilizers and gas transit from Russia. The head of European diplomacy stressed that Belarus is one of the largest exporters of potash fertilizers, and most of its deliveries go through the Baltic countries, so “they will easily control them.”
On May 23, the airline of the Ryanair airline, following the route Athens – Vilnius, made an emergency landing in Minsk after reports of mining received from Minsk airport. 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. He is accused of creating extremist formation and calls to mass riots after the presidential election in August 2020.