Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Russia's Foreign Policy and Security in Europe: Engagement with Ambassador of Russia

H.E. Mr. Yuriy Filatov:

There has been a very thorough investigation by International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO. It looked at all the evidence and just recently issued the report. I have not read that report but I am sure it is available to all ICAO members. The main conclusion was that there was no intention of forcefully landing the aircraft. That is not my conclusion, that is the ICAO conclusion. The Deputy can look it up on the ICAO website and see for himself. On the other issue, the man in question is probably very much okay where he is in Minsk.