{"id":14392,"date":"2021-05-26T11:35:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T11:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=14392"},"modified":"2021-05-26T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T11:35:42","slug":"biden-warned-of-new-sanctions-against-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=14392","title":{"rendered":"Biden Warned of New Sanctions Against Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that the United <\/a>States would impose sanctions on Belarus over the forced landing of Irish Ryanair in Minsk and the arrest of a co-founder of the opposition telegram channel Nexta<\/a>. According to Reuters, Biden said this in an interview with reporters, leaving the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – May 26, 2021 \u2013 International News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New sanctions against Belarus in connection with this incident are already being discussed, Biden confirmed, answering a journalist’s question about what the United States is going to do in connection with the behavior of the Lukashenko regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I would not like to speculate on this topic until we (do not make a final decision),” the president added, without going into details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours earlier, Biden called the actions of the Belarusian authorities <\/a>“outrageous” and promised to give an “appropriate” response in coordination with the European Union. The president said the Ryanair incident was a “direct violation of international norms.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The United States strongly condemns both the rerouting and the subsequent disembarkation and arrest of Protasevich,” Biden said. dissent and freedom of the press. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president added that the United States had joined other countries in the world demanding the release of Protasevich and hundreds of political prisoners illegally arrested by the Lukashenko regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I join in the numerous calls for an international <\/a>investigation to establish all the facts of this case,” Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting at 00:00 on May 26, Ukraine suspended flights to Belarus. Ukrainian airlines and planes are prohibited from flying in the airspace of the Republic of Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 23, at about 3 p.m., a Ryanair Athens-Vilnius plane made an emergency landing at Minsk airport after receiving a report of a mine. Roman Protasevich, a co-founder of the NEXTA Telegram channel, was on board the plane and was detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The command to take the plane in Minsk was given personally by Alexander Lukashenko, the Telegram channel “Pool One” reported. After boarding, all passengers <\/a>were taken off the plane, Protasevich was taken aside, and his belongings were taken to the runway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian service of the BBC reported that in addition to Roman Protasievich, a Russian woman was detained in Minsk. It may be about Sofia Sapieha, Protasevich’s girlfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus stated on May 24 that the detained Protasevich was in a pre-trial detention center in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident caused a huge international response and an angry reaction from many Western leaders, politicians, and diplomats, who demanded the release of the opposition journalist and an international investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read also: Biden Tests a New Electric Car at a Plant in Michigan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Ukrgate<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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