BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) – The forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk and the arrest of a dissident journalist onboard has been a topic of discussion for some time now. However, it seems that there has been a breakthrough in the case as the European Union agreed on additional sanctions on Belarus in response to the same
The sanctions, approved by EU ambassadors and to be adopted by the bloc’s foreign ministers at a meeting on Monday, target seven individuals with links to the Belarus aviation sector, according to the diplomat.
EU ambassadors also signed off on a fourth package of asset freezes and travel bans, to be imposed on more than 70 individuals in response to last year’s contested presidential election, the diplomat said. These measures were already being prepared when the Ryanair plane was forced to land on May 23.
