The EU and Belarus plane debacle

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  • Soldier of Macedon
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 13670

    The EU and Belarus plane debacle

    The EU position in 2021.
    https://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkel-...ble/a-57639025

    Chancellor Merkel on Monday dismissed Minsk's explanation for having forced an airliner to land in Belarus and arresting a dissident on board. "We have seen a forced landing that led to the arrest," Merkel said as she arrived at an EU summit where sanctions will be discussed. "All other explanations for the landing of this Ryanair flight are completely implausible." Merkel's comments came after Germany joined a list of European countries to summons their Belarusian ambassadors, amid shock over Minsk's forced landing of a plane and subsequent arrest of a dissident journalist.........On Sunday, a Ryanair jet flying from Athens to Lithuania was intercepted by a Belarusian fighter jet and diverted to Minsk International Airport after being told a bomb was on board. No explosives were found on the aircraft, but Pratasevich, a 26-year-old former editor from the Minsk-critical Telegram channel Nexta, was allegedly taken into custody. The channel played a major role in helping organize mass rallies against Lukashenko last year. Pratasevich is a known critic of Belarus' long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko and his government.
    Rewind the tape. The EU position in 2013.
    https://www.dw.com/en/bolivian-presi...ia/av-16926476

    The plane of Bolivian President Evo Morales made an unscheduled 12-hour stop in Vienna after it was denied overflight rights by a number of European countries. Morales was forced to land in Vienna amidst speculation US fugitive Edward Snowden was on board. Austrian officials said only Bolivians were on the plane. Bolivia has condemned the incident.

    As President Evo Morales returns home, Latin American governments express their outrage over his plane's forced diversion. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner calls it "vestiges of a colonialism that we thought were long over."


    Bolivian President Evo Morales is scheduled to land in his home country late tonight, a day after his return journey from meetings in Moscow was disrupted when several European nations withdrew permission for his plane to fly through their airspace. The delay of more than 13 hours reportedly stemmed from suspicions that Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence worker who leaked secret data, might have been aboard the plane. Morales was forced to land at an airport in Vienna, Austria, where his plane landed after France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy reportedly refused permission to fly over their territories, as The Two-Way reported last night.
    Not justifying either incident, but these Eurocrats don't even bother hiding their hypocrisy.
    In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
  • Vangelovski
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 8531

    #2
    Don't explain, don't apologise. Macedonia could learn something - but they won't.
    If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

    The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations...This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution. John Adams

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