Belarus was behind Ryanair flight hijacking, Byrne says

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled opposition leader, wants Ireland to urge the UN to discuss last year’s ‘act of aircraft piracy’ following completion of ICAO report

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled leader of the Belarusian opposition, told the Business Post that Ireland should urge the UN Security Council to discuss the incident as a priority, even if some countries would try to block it. Picture: Holly Adams

There is “no doubt” that the Belarusian government was behind the “hijacking” of a Ryanair flight last year, Thomas Byrne, the Minister of State for European Affairs, has said.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled leader of the Belarusian opposition, also told the Business Post that Ireland should urge the UN Security Council to discuss the incident as a priority, even if some countries would try to block it.

Byrne and Tsikhanouskaya made the comments following the ...