Brussels, Nov 12,2021: European Commission spokesman Stefan de Keersmaecke on Friday did not mention Aeroflot among the airlines contacted by the European Union over the migration crisis at the Belarusian-Polish border.
“Several contacts have been established with a number of airlines, including Turkish Airlines, Fly Dubai, Royal Air Maroc, Air Arabia, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Ethihad, Midleestern airlines, Oman Air, Iraqi Airways and Egypt air these are the airlines that have been contacted in the context of the difficulties that we are trying to handle now and all of them have condemned any form of human trafficking,” de Keersmaecker spokesperson told a briefing.
Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that the European Union is discussing sanctions against Aeroflot and Turkish Airlines over their alleged involvement in bringing migrants to Belarus. On Thursday, the European Commission said that Brussels would look into the option of sanctioning airlines engaged in transferring migrants to Belarus as part of the fifth sanctions package against Minsk, expected early next week. Moscow said that media reports of possible sanctions against Aeroflot are unfounded.
EU did not contact Aeroflot to discuss Belarus migration crisis: Commission
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