EU Sanctions Belarus Over Plane Diversion, Arrest of Journalist
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The European Union is urging member nations to close their airspace and airports to all Belarusian airlines after Belarus forced a commercial jetliner to make an emergency landing Sunday in Minsk and arrested an opposition blogger critical of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Conclusions on #Belarus adopted at #EUCO chaired by @eucopresident pic.twitter.com/MWco6QEiTy
Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can download this video to view it offline. A number of airlines, including Lufthansa, released statements earlier in the day stating they would not fly through Belarusian airspace.More Related News