FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Air France among airlines to suspend flights over Belarus after plane ‘hijacking’” – below is their description.
Air France, Finnair and Singapore Airlines became the latest carriers to suspend #flights over #Belarus on Tuesday after Minsk forced a jet to land to arrest a dissident.
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The video item below is a piece of English language content from France 24. France 24 is a French state-owned international news television network based in Paris.
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus and formerly known as Byelorussia or Belorussia, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk.
France is a republic and the largest Western European nation. Through expansion and colonisation in the 17th and 18th centuries France became a great power and still retains territories around the world. It has a seat on the UN security council and is the world’s fourth most wealthy country with a high standard of living and strong cultural identity.
The country’s territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet, the combined area of which has increased by 25% since the country’s independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the second greatest population density in the world. The country has almost 5.7 million residents, 61% (3.4 million) of whom are Singaporean citizens. There are four official languages of Singapore: English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil; with English being the lingua franca.
