“On September 21, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned “on the carpet” of a temporarily attorney for Russia and expressed a “decisive protest” after the violation of Estonia’s airspace by Russian fighters on September 19, as well as dangerous flights over Poland that day.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Foreign Ministry statement, reports “European Truth”
Details: The Russian representative has reported that Lithuania considers these incidents a gross violation of international law, through which Russia escalated tensions in the Baltic Sea.
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Therefore, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry requires the Russian Federation to take “all measures” to prevent repetition of such provocations in the future.
The Latvian Foreign Ministry also summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy because of this incident.
What was before:
- On Friday, September 19, three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonia’s airspace over the Finnish bay and remained there for 12 minutes. NATO reported that they had intercepted aircraft.
- Estonia Prime Minister Kristen Michal said his country had initiated NATO consultations under Article 4 of the Washington Treaty.
- US President Donald Trump “did not like” this incident.