BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

20/01/2010

Belarus Asks Thailand To Free Belarusian Citizen

MINSK (Belarus), Jan 20 (Bernama) -- Belarus has again sent a note to Thailand's Foreign Ministry, requesting it to provide assistance in freeing the Belarusian citizen, a member of the Il-76 plane crew detained in Bangkok, Russian news agency, Itar-Tass, reported quoting a spokesman as saying.

"The Belarusian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday sent a note to Thailand's Foreign Ministry requesting it to provide assistance in the soonest freeing of the Belarusian citizen," spokesman Andrei Popov told reporters on Tuesday.

Popov said the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Hanoi was keeping track of the situation related to the detention of the Il-76 plane.

"All possible measures within intentional law are being taken, aimed at protecting the interests of our citizen," he noted.

On December 17, 2009, Belarus asked Thailand to release the Belarusian citizen on bail.

The Il-76 belonging to Air Georgian airline, made a stopover in Bangkok on December 11, 2009 for refuelling. It had flown from North Korea.

An inspection by Thai authorities found several tonnes of weapons on board, including ground-to-air missiles and explosives.

The crew comprising four Kazakhs, and one Belarusian - Mikhail Petukhov - was detained. The pilots claimed they were unaware that they were flying an illegal cargo.

-- BERNAMA

Source:

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=469621


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