He called it a triple attack: on air traffic safety, on press freedom and on European citizens on board.
“Lukashenka’s actions can hardly be overestimated in terms of meanness: the lives of more than 170 people were at risk in order to arrest one journalist,” Maas said.
The international community will not tolerate such a crossing of the line, the German diplomat assured.
It is important, he said, for the EU to react quickly and toughly. Maas assured that the European countries will quickly and decisively begin to implement the measures approved at the informal EU summit the day before.
Specific measures will be discussed this Wednesday at a meeting of foreign ministers in Lisbon. The purpose of the steps to be taken is to offend Lukashenka and his power apparatus, and not ordinary Belarusians, who have suffered enough under the dictator. Lukashenko, the German politician added, has long held his own people hostage.
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