DWith reference to the situation on the Belarus-Poland border, the Syrian private airline Cham Wings will suspend flights to Belarus. The airline said on Saturday that it will immediately stop its connection with Minsk because it “cannot distinguish between passengers and immigrants” among passengers.this I It accused Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately lure people from Syria and Iraq into the country in retaliation for EU sanctions, and then smuggled them to the borders of EU countries Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
The Turkish Civil Aviation Authority announced on Friday that air tickets from Turkey to Belarus will no longer be sold to citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen. Citizens of these countries are no longer allowed to board a plane to Belarus. This applies not only to Turkish Airlines, but also to Belavia. The authorities justified this step by passing illegal border crossings from Belarus to the European Union. Previously, the EU increased pressure on non-European airlines not to participate in smuggling of migrants.
At first, the European Union did not seem to have any influence over Damascus.From there, Cham Wing Airlines, a small private company run by the ruler’s cousin Bashar Assad Hear. EU Foreign Affairs Representative Jose Puborel stated in the European Parliament this week that the three-aircraft route has so far been used to transport mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner company. Obviously more profitable work. Traveling back and forth between Damascus and Belarus twenty times a week”. He added: “She sold all the tickets for the next few flights.”
