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Old 25th May 2021, 20:50
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Review by ICAO Council (and, Action??)

ICAO's social media account on the Tw platform first condemned the action(s) by Belarus (on May 23) and yesterday announced convening of an "urgent" meeting of the ICAO Council.
Here are the posts, copied verbatim from that official ICAO account:

"ICAO's Council President has called an urgent meeting of the 36 diplomatic representatives to the ICAO Council, on 27 May, on the incident involving Ryanair Flight FR4978 in Belarus airspace on 23 May 2021. We will post further updates as available."

"ICAO is strongly concerned by the apparent forced landing of a Ryanair flight and its passengers, which could be in contravention of the Chicago Convention. We look forward to more information being officially confirmed by the countries and operators concerned."
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