Canada Refused to Belarusian Prime Minister’s Plane a Refuelling Stop :: Charter'97 :: News

Departure of the plane of the Belarusian official governmental delegation headed by the Belarusian Prime Minister Syarhei Sidorski to Cuba was postponed for an hour as the authorities of Canada refused to allow the Belarusian plane refuel at its territory. As the Interfax has learnt from governmental sources, two refuelling stops, in Iceland and Canada, were planned on the flight Minsk-Havana.

The Icelandic side was not against allowing the plane of the Belarusian prime minister to land. Among the members of the delegation there were two officials included in the list of the Belarusian officials for whom entry to the EU countries is banned: the Chairman of the Belarusian State TV and Radio Company Alyaksandr Zimouski (Zimovsky) and one of the members of presidential administration Aleh Pralyalskouski (Proleskovsky).

Iceland consented to the landing of the Belarusian plane under the condition that these two officials would not leave the plane. However the Canadian side, as said by the source, “refused to accept the plane of the Belarusian prime minister at its territory”.